DR ALEXANDER DM THOMAS

www.alex3.net | ORCID: 0000-0002-1674-1482

Experience

Early Career Researcher
Freelance
Research focuses on early medieval governance, legal culture, and identity formation, with particular emphasis on the Danelaw. Work includes spatial and quantitative analysis, statistical modelling of fragmented datasets, and research on the transmission and preservation of legal manuscripts and texts. Papers presented at the International Medieval Congress and the Theoretical Archaeology Group conferences.
2021 – present
Teaching Assistant
University of Bristol
Taught seminar, tutorial and practical sessions across archaeological and anthropological theory, practice, and key skills units. Marked undergraduate essays and exams.
2015 – 2019
Proofreader
Pen & Sword Books
Proofread archaeology non-fiction and historical fiction imprints.
2012 – 2017

Publications and Outputs

A Question of Erratic Loyalty? Danish law and custom within the Danelaw
In: Making and Breaking Loyalty in the Anglo-Norman World
2026
The Danelaw in Viking Age England: The Distribution, Impact, and Duration of Danish Law
Routledge (Published)
2026
Boundaries, Law and Governance: The Landscape of the Danelaw Boundary
University of Bristol (Completed)
2021

Education

University of Bristol

PhD in Archaeology and Anthropology 2021
MA in Archaeology (Landscape Archaeology) 2014
BA (Hons) Archaeology 2012

Conferences, Lectures & Papers

International Medieval Congress
University of Leeds (Paper)
2026
Medway Archives Centre Lecture Series
Medway Archives Centre, Strood (Lecture)
2026
International Medieval Congress
University of Leeds (Paper)
2025
Theoretical Archaeology Group
Bournemouth University (Paper)
2024
International Medieval Congress
University of Leeds (Paper)
2024
Finding Kent’s Vikings
University of Kent, Canterbury (Workshop)
2024
Loyalty in the Medieval World
University of Lincoln (Paper)
2024
Status, Rank, or Office? Social Boundaries in England c. 900-1200
Durham University (Paper)
2023
Medway Archives Centre Lecture Series
Medway Archives Centre, Strood (Lecture)
2023
Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies Postgraduate Conference
University of Bristol (Session Chair)
2019
The Oxford Medieval Graduate Conference
Harris Manchester College, Oxford (Paper)
2018
Hertfordshire Anglo-Scandinavian Society Lecture Series
Hertfordshire Anglo-Scandinavian Society (Lecture)
2017
Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies Postgraduate Conference
University of Bristol (Paper)
2017
Early Medieval Archaeology Student Symposium
University of Bristol (Paper)
2016

Skills

Additional Qualifications & Interests