It wasn’t easy, and we didn’t always like making our way through “The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle” in semester one, in which the only lively event was the appearance of a dragon flying over Mercia.

The Anglo-Saxon kings were adept at framing laws that reflected their authority. But they had the sense to take local customs into account when doing so. ... or in the 'Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'. ...

During this era we get the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, followed by great works of early British literature like Beowulf and The Wanderer. People of the time wrote in a language that today we call Old ...

THIS book is suggestive, in the sense that while it raises many interesting problems, the material at present available does not admit their complete solution. Dealing with a period of about 200 ...

The Anglo-Saxon period lasted for 600 years, from 410 to 1066, and in that time Britain's political landscape underwent many changes. The Anglo-Saxon period stretched over 600 years, from 410 to ...

The two place names referred to in The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as being the sites of battles are Brunanburh and Dingesmere. Brunanburh could have been Bromborough, in Wirral, although other locations in ...

The Anglo-Saxon period lasted for 600 years, from 410 to 1066, and in that time Britain's political landscape underwent many changes. The Anglo-Saxon period stretched over 600 years, from 410 to ...