Archive - Ælfgif-who?

How 'English' is Saint George?

The real history of England's patron saint

Published on Ælfgif-who? • Apr 23

11:10

Eostre: Pagan fertility goddess or complete fabrication?

Special Easter edition

Published on Ælfgif-who? • Apr 19

9:54

Godgifu: The Bare Truth Behind the Lady Godiva Legend

A medieval landowner turned sex symbol

Published on Ælfgif-who? • Apr 3

11:32

March 2025

Allen Lane and Harper sign my debut book, 'Monarchia: A New History of the English Royal Dynasties, Through the Queens Who Built Them'

Mar 27 •

Dr Florence H R Scott

January 2025

The Oakington Women: A matriarchal medieval society

A collection of extraordinary female burials in a sixth-century cemetery in Cambridge

Jan 29 •

Dr Florence H R Scott

10:00

Breguswith: Bede's story of Portents and Pendants

What we know about the life of Abbess Hild's mother

Published on Ælfgif-who? • Jan 21

9:51

December 2024

Oathbreakers: The War of Brothers that Shattered an Empire and Made Medieval Europe - Matthew Gabriele and David M. Perry

An Ælfgif-Who? Review

Dec 30, 2024 •

Dr Florence H R Scott

The Christmas Story in Early Medieval English Art

Looking at Nativity and Epiphany

Dec 23, 2024 •

Dr Florence H R Scott

November 2024

Gunhild: A Victim of Medieval Ethnic Cleansing?

Exploring the 1002 St Brice's Day Massacre of the Danes

Nov 13, 2024 •

Dr Florence H R Scott

11:56

Need distraction today? Read my thesis!

My PhD has been published open-access online

Nov 6, 2024 •

Dr Florence H R Scott

October 2024

On the eve of Blotmonath, the month of animal sacrifice

Halloween special 2024

Oct 31, 2024 •

Dr Florence H R Scott

6:27

Two medievalists in Nazi Germany

The very different fates of Carl Erdmann and Percy Ernst Schramm

Oct 17, 2024 •

Dr Florence H R Scott

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