Will the eels you ordered will get to you? Don't be so sure.
In 1392 merchants from York and Nottingham purchased a shipment of eels from Holland, only to have it seized at sea by Scottish pirates.
The merchants complained loudly to the king. But they never got their eels back.
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Eels in England are often associated w/ the Fens, but they were everywhere. And they were used to pay rent all over medieval England.
In 1086, 3 mills in the Warwickshire village of Alveston owed the Bishop of Worcester a rent of 1,012 sticks of eels each year -- 25,300 eels.
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#Alchemist in a German castle? arkeonews.net/a-strange-fl...
Surprised Eel Historian, PhD
Surprised Eel Historian, PhD
The paperback of my book, All Roads Lead to Rome, is available today!
As always, I probably won't get to see it in person for ages so please send me photos of you're lucky enough to come across it, that will make me very happy 🥰
geni.us/AllRoadsLead...
You've heard of the thousand yard stare, well this is a thousand year stare. A gaze from the distant past #StSwithunBathford #Somerset for #FridaysFacesInStone
Ruth Brown
We look forward to hearing your rabbit holes!
If you want a taster, here's some stuff I wrote for the launch of the hardback.
This piece on the current US government, the British empire, the obsession with Rome, and what we're missing for
@jonnelledge.bsky.social's excellent newsletter still holds up, imo:
jonn.substack.com/p/rhiannon-g...
Uncovering Margaret Paston’s Hidden Voice: How Forensic Linguistics Revealed a Medieval Woman’s Authentic Words Through 500-Year-Old Letters www.medievalists.net/2025/06/past... #medievalhistory
Un sceau d'un roi anglais du Moyen Âge perdu puis retrouvé dans les archives françaises ! C'est la jolie découverte de deux médiévistes. Un fil ⬇️! #medievalists #medievalsky
Un sceau retrouvé, qui apporte une petite pièce à notre compréhension de la grammaire politique médiévale !
L'article est là
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Medievalist.net
Actuel Moyen Âge
Using computational analysis to solve a 15th-century mystery: Did scribes silence Margaret Paston's true voice?
🎉 CFP for the annual NWMS Postgrad Symposium. To be held at Chetham’s Library Tuesday 4th August 2026. Open to any PG or ECR. This year we are particularly interested in research rabbit holes that you had to cut! Email title, ~150 abstract and short bio to [email protected] by 17th July 🎉
Actuel Moyen Âge
Lost and Found: the Saint-Denis Seal Impression of Edward the Confessor (1053 × 1057) and the Development of the Early English Writ-Charter - Volume 52
