{"id":501,"date":"2019-04-16T15:27:30","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T15:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bernicianstudies.eu\/?page_id=501"},"modified":"2026-01-30T09:25:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T09:25:13","slug":"group-publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bernicianstudies.eu\/?page_id=501","title":{"rendered":"Group publications"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Members of the Bernician Studies Group publish papers, articles and books in their own right, and on behalf of the group.  Here you can read academic papers authored by the research directors and find links to books written by members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e64a9d3d03a82ece2a7bc8e7b841a8de wp-block-paragraph\">Max Adams and Colm O&#8217;Brien have recently produced a book called <em>Northumbria AD 367-867 &#8211; Earth Hall, Ring Gift and Heaven&#8217;s field<\/em>. Published by Birlinn, it&#8217;s available in good bookshops and from Max Adams&#8217;s website, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theambulist.co.uk\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"www.theambulist.co.uk\"><strong>The Ambulist<\/strong><\/a><\/em>. It is a new and comprehensive history and archaeology of the kingdoms north of the Humber in the half millennium before the establishment of the Viking kingdom of York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bernicianstudies.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Earth-Hall-cover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bernicianstudies.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Earth-Hall-cover-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-663\" style=\"width:162px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bernicianstudies.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Earth-Hall-cover-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/www.bernicianstudies.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Earth-Hall-cover-666x1024.jpg 666w, https:\/\/www.bernicianstudies.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Earth-Hall-cover-768x1180.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bernicianstudies.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Earth-Hall-cover.jpg 976w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">A long term research project in central Northumberland, called <em>Cocwudu<\/em>, is producing fascinating stories about the evolution of Early Medieval landscapes in a woodland setting. It now has its own page on this site. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bernicianstudies.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/shires_OBrien.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">O&#8217;Brien: The Early Medieval Shires of Yeavering, Breamish and Bamburgh<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bernicianstudies.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Monastic-estates-RAI.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">O&#8217;Brien and Adams: Monastic estates in Northumbria <\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bernicianstudies.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Xtian-Landscapes-of-Inishowen.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">O&#8217;Brien and Adams: Early Ecclesiastical precincts and Landscapes of Inishowen, County Donegal <\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bernicianstudies.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/AA-2018-A05-OBrien-AA.pdf\">O&#8217;Brien, Adams and Whaley: King Ceolwulf\u2019s land grants to St Cuthbert and their loss in the ninth century <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bernicianstudies.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/AA-2018-A05-OBrien-AA.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bernicianstudies.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BSG-Birth-of-the-Border-blurb-final.pdf\">Rannoch Daly: The Birth of the Border<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bernicianstudies.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/BSG-Birth-of-the-Border-blurb-final.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:19px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-dde3205a-d1bb-4270-81f9-5eebafa6b248\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bernicianstudies.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Petrification-chapter-PDF.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Max Adams and Colm O&#8217;Brien 2021: Petrification <em>The flitting of the sparrow: the ephemeral and the eternal in Early Medieval Northumbrian thought<\/em><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bernicianstudies.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Petrification-chapter-PDF.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-dde3205a-d1bb-4270-81f9-5eebafa6b248\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div 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