Prior to the Norman Conquest, all classes engaged in hunting as an important source of food, and the land was left largely ...

A storyteller played music on a small harp or a lyre to accompany their stories and poems. Anglo-Saxon jewellers made brooches, beads and gold ornaments. At first, their artwork was pagan ...

Although we call the language spoken by the Anglo-Saxons “Old English,” English speakers today won’t find much in common between it and the language we have now. More than 1000 years ago ...

Archaeologists Finally Locate the Site of the 'Lost Residence' of Anglo-Saxon King Depicted in the Famous Bayeux Tapestry Archaeologists re-examined evidence from a U.K. excavation from 2006 and found ...

Being Anglo-Saxon Was a Matter of Language and Culture, Not Genetics June 23, 2021 — Archaeologists have provided important new evidence to answer the question 'who exactly were the Anglo-Saxons?' ...

The Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) in Exeter said the Wembworthy ring "illustrates the fascinating diversity of Anglo-Saxon culture in Devon". It will join a small collection of other Anglo ...

Matthew T. Hussey studies book history and the intellectual culture of Anglo-Saxon England with a focus on Anglo-Latin and Old English literature and their manuscript contexts. Matthew T. Hussey has ...

Discoveries like this are hugely significant, as they offer a rare glimpse into the architectural and cultural identity of Anglo-Saxon aristocracy. This discovery not only confirms the existence of ...