Once I was a clever boy learning the arts of Oxford... is a quotation from the verses written by Bishop Richard Fleming (c.1385-1431) for his tomb in Lincoln Cathedral. Fleming, the founder of Lincoln College in Oxford, is the subject of my research for a D. Phil., and, like me, a son of the West Riding. I have remarked in the past that I have a deeply meaningful on-going relationship with a dead fifteenth century bishop... it was Fleming who, in effect, enabled me to come to Oxford and to learn its arts, and for that I am immensely grateful.


Tuesday, 10 August 2021

Historical horse sense?


I came across the following article by chance about evidence from place names, and the related geographical setting for them, which may indicate patterns of horse breaking and  breeding in Anglo Saxon England. It is part of a continuing research project but looks interesting.

The article, from the Warhorse research group, was published just over a year ago and can be seen at  Warhorse | The Archaeology of a Medieval Revolution?


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