Historian on the Edge
The Historical, Philosophical and Political Musings of an Autistic Historian
Monday, 22 June 2026
Rosamond McKitterick
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I was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Professor Rosamond McKitterick a little over a week ago. Anyone with more than a few hours...
Sunday, 1 June 2025
What's wrong with counter-factual history
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On Bluesky there has been a little discussion of counter-factual history, sparked by a post asking what position you could defend against 2...
Tuesday, 25 February 2025
What’s history got to do with it? (1)
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The ‘Lessons of History’ [ This post basically argues three things: that the current world crisis, rise of fascism etc cannot be attributed ...
Tuesday, 6 August 2024
CFP for Leeds IMC 2025
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Call for papers for session/strand at the International Medieval Congress, 7-10 July 2025: The Reach of Politics, 5 th -7 th centurie...
Thursday, 4 April 2024
“If anyone wishes to cast off their kindred, let them go to the assembly…” Kinship, community, and identity in Merovingian Gaul
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[ This is a somewhat rewritten version of a plenary lecture I gave at a conference last year on the dissolvement [sic] of kinship ties, sh...
Monday, 22 January 2024
Spectres of Marcus: the Roman Empire ‘between two deaths’
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This time, ah-ah Is coming like a ghost time When I wrote Barbarian Migrations and the Roman West , getting on for 20 years ago, I used a ...
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