This gives us an idea of how difficult life could be in early medieval England. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle close Anglo-Saxon ChronicleA collection of manuscripts written while Alfred the Great was ...

recent archaeological fieldwork is providing scholars with a new and fuller view of Anglo-Saxon life. Sutton Hoo is located in eastern England in an area known as East Anglia. The name derives ...

Elite Anglo-Saxon residences were often built near churches ... “This is precisely what brings the past to life. … It adds texture to the picture we have of Harold and the world he inhabited.” ...

In his Colloquy, which he wrote to help students learn Latin, the Anglo-Saxon monk and prolific writer ... Today we continue our ‘Day in the Life’ series and travel back in time to meet ...

His decision to take the job not only would change his life but also radically alter, and deepen, the understanding scholars had of the early Anglo-Saxon period in England following the collapse ...