Anyone looking to analyze the epic poem "Beowulf" must first understand Bards, paganism, the warrior king culture, and Anglo-Saxon Christianization to form a complete analysis of Beowulf.
Martin Wall, author of The Anglo-Saxons in 100 Facts, reveals why everything we thought we knew about the "Dark Ages" is wrong
Credit: The University of Edinburgh The DNA of Scottish people still contains signs of the country's ancient kingdoms, with many apparently living in the same areas as their ancestors did more than a millennium ago, a study shows. Experts have constructed Scotland's first comprehensive genetic map, which reveals that the country is divided into six...
This article will re-examine some of the information in Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum, completed in AD 731, on the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity in the late sixth and seventh centuries.
This is the second part of our series on Elite Warriors of the Dark Ages. In the wake of the Danish conquest of England, the last kings of Anglo-Saxon England had at their service a fearsome band o…
Faces reconstructed from the skeletal remains found in a burial site in Cramond offer tantalising clues about life in Scotland during the sixth and seventh centuries These faces staring out across the centuries date from the Dark Ages in Scotland...
Who wrote the first English poem? Caedmon is the name of the earliest known English poet, and "Caedmon's Hymn" is his late-7th-century poem.
British Library, Add MS 62925, detail of f. 106r. Psalter, Use of Sarum ('The Rutland Psalter') c 1260
And why early monks in the desert didn't want to fall asleep during the day.
The Bayeux Tapestry The Bayeux Tapestry, in spite of its name, is not really a tapestry. The scenes on the tapestry were embroidered with coloured thread to create the scenes. A tapestry is woven on a loom. Regardless of the name, the Bayeux Tapestry is an important historical item that gives information about events around
In 946, the body of a woman was buried in a monastery and later relocated to Magdeburg Cathedral. It was essentially forgotten until 2008 when
Here are 30 incredible historic artifacts. Some of these are a few hundred years old, others are thousands of years old!. Armour for a Boy, ... Continue Reading »
În fața bacteriilor tot mai rezistente la antibioticele moderne, o poțiune medievală veche de 1.000 de ani ar putea fi soluția.
I did not fight on Saturday. INSTEAD, I ACHIEVED A STEP CLOSER TO MY GOALS. Well, a goal anyway. I want to look like Robinet Testard painted me and I walked into an event. It’s a weird goa…
The clothing styles of medieval Europe in the early Middle Ages (aka Dark Ages) did not change rapidly, and garments were plain but distinguished by fine fabrics.
Bonjour Lecteur! Aujourd'hui on va aborder une question importante... Je parles de cotehardie dans mes articles depuis quelques semaines mais sans préciser ce que c'est (honte à moi). Je vais donc réparer cette horrible injustice! La cotehardie est...
British history posts by authors of British historical fiction.
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