Sumner Braund

(she/her) Research Fellow @HSMOxford and DPhil in History from @UniofOxford. Endlessly fascinated by the personal stories that lie within museum collections.

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@annbuckley90 @ryanpmurphy02 @BA_McShane Royal women (with a few exceptions) were being venerated at female communities in Anglo-Saxon England—those we can see in historical record. Evidence is fragmentary and many female saints and communities remain obscure 😩

[Sumner Braund @sumner_braund]

How do you talk about reform without using the word? How do you communicate complexity in an accessible way?How do you get rid of unhelpful terms w/o offering more unhelpful terms? @TORCHOxford workshop Rethinking Carolingian Reforms doing away with grand historical narratives 🙌

[Sumner Braund @sumner_braund]

The study of medieval history is important. It is relevant. Thank you @MedievalAcademy for saying it better than I could ever hope to. https://t.co/lDJzTGAHcz

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Medievalists Respond to Charlottesville https://t.co/P5P5pHhGIs