Who were the Anglo-Saxons and where did they come from. Why did the Anglo-Saxons invade Britain? Discover their origins and history here.
The Saxons were a Germanic people of the region north of the Elbe River stretching from Holstein (in modern-day Germany) to the North Sea. The Saxons who migrated to Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries...
Anglo Saxon fashion history. England c. 460 to 1066. The Saxon civil costume, Saxon tunica, mantles, shoes, jewelry, ornamentation.
Who were the Anglo-Saxons and where did they come from. Why did the Anglo-Saxons invade Britain? Discover their origins and history here.
One of the lasting legacies of the Anglo-Saxon people is their contribution to the scope of language – what we know today as Old English.
An illustration of the typical clothing worn by Anglo-Saxons in medieval England, c. 500 - c. 1000 CE. ('Costumes of all Nations', 1882 CE)
Martin Wall, author of The Anglo-Saxons in 100 Facts, reveals why everything we thought we knew about the "Dark Ages" is wrong
By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.com After the fall of the Roman Empire Britain went into the period known as the Dark Ages and the next area of costume is of the Saxon and Frankish fashion era 500 to 599 AD. This page is one of illustrations only and further below these small illustrations are …
The Anglo-Saxons lived in England over 1000 years ago. Their language (Old English) was very different to ours but we still have modern words that come from Old English. Their writing was also very…
Martin Wall, author of The Anglo-Saxons in 100 Facts, reveals why everything we thought we knew about the "Dark Ages" is wrong
One of the lasting legacies of the Anglo-Saxon people is their contribution to the scope of language – what we know today as Old English.
Learn about the Anglo-Saxon period of history with this resource pack! It includes a child-friendly ebook (with a glossary of related words), a range of activity resources to explore and eye-catching display materials to decorate your learning environment.
Learn about and revise what Anglo-Saxon society was like before 1066 with this BBC Bitesize GCSE History (OCR B) study guide.
In search of the origins of the English village Just how much information has come from excavation undertaken in advance of development work? In a major survey of Anglo-Saxon settlement, John Blair has been discovering what riches lie in the archives. It is useless for Anglo-Saxonists to deny it: Roman villas and Norman castles have a hugely greater impact on most people’s imagination than anything built in England between AD 400 and 1050. Yet small-scale works of art from the period — the Sutton Hoo and Staffordshire treasures, the Lindisfarne Gospels, the Alfred Jewel — are probably better known
The Anglo-Saxons were a Germanic people who came to England after the Romans left. This article looks at their history.
By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.com After the fall of the Roman Empire Britain went into the period known as the Dark Ages and the next area of costume is of the Saxon and Frankish fashion era 500 to 599 AD. This page is one of illustrations only and further below these small illustrations are …
This period is traditionally known as the Dark Ages, mainly because written sources for the early years of Saxon invasion are scarce. It is a time of war, of the breaking up of Roman Britannia into several separate kingdoms, of religious conversion and, after the 790s, of continual battles against a new set of invaders: the Vikings.
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Aethelstan was the first King of Wessex to bring together all the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in England. He was well educated, very pious and a collector of saints relics and manuscripts. He was also a f…
