The Anglo-Saxons

Anglo-Saxon history traditionally starts with Hengest and Horsa and their three ships invading Britain in the mid-fifth century, and ends with King Harold falling with an arrow in his eye in 1066. These pages fill in some gaps.

The Saxons ruled England for 600 years, forming the basis of its culture, language and borders. Articles and content relating to the history and culture of Anglo-Saxon England.

This is an online edition of An Anglo-Saxo n Dictionary , or a dictionary of Old English. The dictionary records the state of the English language as it was used between ca. 700-1100 AD by the Anglo-Saxo n inhabitant s of the British Isles.

For those interested in English history, archaeology, literature, language, religion, society, and numismatics between the years c. 450 and 1100 AD.

Links to several webpages about the Anglo-Saxons, including sites relating to maps, societies & conferences, original documents, Bede & Lindisfarne, Beowulf, archaeological sites, and everyday life & language.

Archaeolog ists discovered an extraordin ary Anglo-Saxo n princely burial in Prittlewel l in 2003, but many of its secrets remained hidden, only to be revealed as experts began their painstakin g research.

A database which aims to cover all of the recorded inhabitants of England from the late sixth to the end of the eleventh century. It is based on a systematic examination of the available written sources for the period, including chronicles, saints' Lives, charters, libri vitae, inscriptions, and coins.

Links to information about the Anglo-Saxons.

Recreates the lives and deaths of Anglo-Saxons, Norsemen, Normans and the other people of the British Isles in the centuries around the Battle of Hastings. An excellent collection of articles on life in Anglo-Saxon England.

Dr. Gale Owen-Crocker muses over the differences between modern English clothing (and attitudes about clothing) and the clothing of Anglo-Saxon England in the year 1000.

A project by Regia Anglorum to construct a late Saxon (10/11th Century) manorial estate.