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A Viking-age rock crystal jar previously owned by a bishop which was part of a hoard found by a metal detectorist is to go on public display for the first time later this year. The jar is part of the ...
Charles Bingham-Newland, chair of the Friends of the Norwich Museums, said: "The hoard will add immeasurably to our knowledge of the Anglo-Saxon period." ...
The remains of King Harold II, who died at the famed Battle of Hastings, have never been found. But thanks to the Bayeux tapestry and an “en-suite loo,” historians might finally have an answer.
CANTERBURY, ENGLAND—The Guardian reports that a sword dated to the sixth century has been discovered in an Anglo-Saxon cemetery in southeastern England. The weapon features a gild and silver ...
Much of the Life is a translation from Latin of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle that Alfred founded in Winchester. The biography was completed during the king’s lifetime, and is therefore regarded as ...
Media Major UK university to remove term 'Anglo-Saxon' to 'decolonize' curriculum Such overhauls are allegedly aimed at 'undercutting nationalist narratives’ a source told UK's The Telegraph ...
The University of Nottingham is removing the term Anglo-Saxon' from a number of courses, including History and English Literature, and replacing it with the more favoured 'Early Medieval English' ...
My Battle of Hastings: Chronicle of A Year By the Sea by Xiaolu Guo Chatto & Windus £18.99, 208 pages Join our online book group on Facebook at FT Books Café and subscribe to our podcast Life ...
The Anglo-Saxons would have called the person wielding this knife an “ealdor-bana.” | Westend61/Brand X Pictures/Getty Images Ealdor or aldor is related to the modern English word elder and ...
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle linked the genealogy of Wessex rulers to the Danish royal line. This helped legitimise English leadership over Viking held areas and develop a sense of shared history.
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