Clash of the Gods: Beowulf
Clash of the Gods: Beowulf is being re-shown a couple of times this week on the History Channel: Friday, November 18 at 9:00am ET or… Read More »Clash of the Gods: Beowulf
Clash of the Gods: Beowulf is being re-shown a couple of times this week on the History Channel: Friday, November 18 at 9:00am ET or… Read More »Clash of the Gods: Beowulf
William of Malmesbury recounts the battle: The courageous leaders mutually prepared for battle, each according to his national custom. The English, as we have heard, passed… Read More »Today in Medieval History: The Battle of Hastings
Death of Kings is the latest installment in Bernard Cornwell’s Saxon series. It is set for release January of 2012. Product Description: The master of… Read More »Interview with Bernard Cornwell on Death of Kings
From Regia Anglorum: The Anglo-Saxon community in England was basically a rural one, where primarily all classes of society lived on the land. At the… Read More »The Anglo-Saxon Organization
A good article written by Richard Denning on the origins of the Anglo-Saxons: From AD 70 until around AD 400 most of Britain was ruled from… Read More »Who were the Anglo-Saxons
Edgar the Etheling (1051 – 1126) was born in Hungary. His father, Edward the Exile, spent most of his life there after the Danish king… Read More »Edgar the Etheling
Harold: The Last Anglo-Saxon King by Ian Walker Hardcover: 258 pages Publisher: Alan Sutton Publishing, Ltd.; First English Edition edition (August 1997) ISBN-10: 0750913886 He… Read More »Review of Harold: The Last Anglo-Saxon King
From the BBC News: An Anglo-Saxon settlement has been discovered on the site of the new All Saints’ Academy in Cheltenham. Two skeletons, pottery and… Read More »Anglo-Saxon Settlement in Cheltenham
Atheling Aetheling, also spelt Ætheling, Atheling or Etheling, was an Old English term (æþeling) used in Anglo-Saxon England to designate princes of the royal dynasty… Read More »Medieval History Term of the Week: Atheling
Godwin of Wessex was the father of Harold II, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, defeated by Duke William of Normandy at the Battle of… Read More »Earl Godwin of Wessex