Anglo-Saxon

The Beauties of the Year

The beginning of another year provides Eleanor Parker with an opportunity to reflect on a meditation on time that combines exquisite Old English poetry with early medieval science.

The Anglo-Saxons (first published 1982).

Obituary: Professor James Campbell

A leading Anglo-Saxon scholar, whose influence will be felt for generations to come.

Æthelred the Unready

Simon Keynes argues that the reign of the famously incompetent king, who died in London a thousand years ago, is in need of reappraisal.

The Brief but Brilliant Reign of Edmund Ironside

Though he was king for just 222 days, the life and legacy of Edmund II, who ascended to the English throne 1,000 years ago this year, remain impressive, claims David McDermott.

'Eoelred rex': silver pennies bearing Ethelred the Unready's name and portrait, 10th century.

A Noble Stone Gathers No Moss

Far from a static system, Anglo-Saxon personal names reflected societal changes.

School tools: whale-bone writing-tablet and styluses from the middle Anglo-Saxon period

Inside the Anglo-Saxon Classroom

Schoolboys forget their books, lose their pens and laugh at dirty jokes. This was true even in the rigorous atmosphere of the Anglo-Saxon classroom.

A Clerk of Oxford

Eleanor Parker's blog takes in an astoundingly wide range of subjects relating to Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian history and literature

Standing stone at Avebury. Photo by Eleanor Warren.

The Lives of Stones

The use and re-use of Anglo-Saxon stone carvings as gravestones, bricks and horse troughs.

The Rise of Wessex

After the Romans left and the Anglo-Saxons arrived, the south-west of England became the predominant kingdom. William Seymour traces the growth of the Kingdom of Wessex from the early sixth century.