Directory of Anglo-Saxon Resources

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The settlement in what is now England of the Angles, Saxons and Jutes; the period of English history in between their arrival and the Norman Conquest.

Subcategories

• Archaeology
• Literature
• Monarchy

Resources in This Category

• Anglo-Saxons.net

  http://www.anglo-saxons.net/
  Sean Miller provides an introduction, timeline, dates, lists of rulers and archbishops, maps, texts and translations, including a searchable database of charters.

• BBC: The Anglo-Saxons

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/topics/zxsbcdm
  Discover how the Anglo-Saxons lived with an interactive guide to 8th-century English life. A guide for schoolchildren which aims to cover KS2 QCA Scheme of Work Unit 8b: 'Anglo-Saxons case study'.

• Britannia: Anglo Saxon England

  http://www.britannia.com/history/h50.html
  A series of original material and contemporary sources relating to England before the Norman conquest.

• David Roffe

  http://www.roffe.co.uk/
  An historian who specializes in the study of Domesday Book. Includes online text of lectures and information on his research and publications.

• Dr Sam Newton's Wuffings' Website

  http://www.wuffings.co.uk/
  Explores the early medieval kingdom of East Anglia and its Wuffing dynasty as well as aspects of the literature, legend, history, and archaeology of Anglo-Saxon England.

• International Society of Anglo-Saxonists

  http://www.as.wvu.edu/english/isas/
  Aims to further all aspects of Anglo-Saxon Studies and holds a conference every other year.

• Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England

  http://www.pase.ac.uk/
  Searchable database of all recorded people living in early medieval England, produced by academics from several universities.

• Regia Anglorum

  http://www.regia.org/
  This living history group provides articles on Anglo-Saxon times with illustrations and references. Includes a virtual village, manor and minster.

• Saxon House

  http://www.saxonhouse.co.uk/
  A recreation of an Anglo-Saxon house built at Market Rasen in Lincolnshire. Includes history, the story of its construction, photographs and visitor information.

• The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles

  http://omacl.org/Anglo/
  Complete modern English translation published by the Online Medieval and Classical Library (OMACL).

• The Burghal Hidage

  http://www.ogdoad.force9.co.uk/alfred/alfhidage.htm
  Anthony Bradshaw explains this Saxon document which lists the fortified burhs of Wessex, with maps.

• The Life of King Alfred

  http://omacl.org/KingAlfred/
  Biography by Asser, Bishop of Sherborne, written c.888. E-text hosted by the Online Medieval and Classical Library.

• Vortigern Studies

  http://www.vortigernstudies.org.uk/
  Robert Vermaat's look at British history c.400-600 AD. Includes discussions of the evidence for Vortigern and the Wansdyke earthwork.

• Ða Engliscan Gesiðas

  http://www.tha-engliscan-gesithas.org.uk/
  An historical society devoted to the study of all aspects the Anglo-Saxon period. Aims, articles, Anglo-Saxon calendar and forum.

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