During his reign (871-899), King Alfred revolutionized the governance of Wessex, advancing the process that would end in the creation of the kingdom of England. This book offers an analysis of Alfred's achievement.
Early Cambridgeshire
Early Cambridgeshire
Waltheof and the " four sons of Carl " 114 were part of the northern alliance which had recently failed to stop the penetration of the Normans into the north . Having gone over to William , received an earldom , and married the king's ...
Traces the arrival of the Anglo-Saxons in Britain and describes their daily life, social structure and beliefs. Includes suggestions for activities. Suggested level: primary.
You skewered her with the skill of a hunter , now you talk like an idiot . ” “ It was the thrill of the chase , nature pitted against man . This would just be slaughter ” Cattigern replied . The cub fought on , though instinct told him ...
I Compare this map of the main Roman roads with a map of Britain in an atlas . Locate where you live on the Roman road map . Which Roman road is the nearest to where you live ? Silchester Canterbury Winchester Chichester Dorchester ...
... Catling ) Clay Pipes ( S Walker ) Other finds ( M Redknap and M Rhodes ) Copper , bone , wood and leather items ( M Rhodes ) Textiles ( E Crowfoot ) Wool ( M L Ryder ) Mortar Sample Analysis ( J Evans The Sculptured Stones J Toynbee ...
Nennius also brings the lines from Woden down to these two kings.101 Finally , the kings of Lindsey , whom no early ... Brit . , c . 60 ) . Cf. R. W. Chambers , Beowulf , pp . 195-198 ( ' The Mercian Genealogy ' ) , in which the ninth ...
55 Constantius of Lyons , The Life of St. Germanus , in The Western Fathers , ed . and trans . F. R. Hoare , London and New York , 1954 , XVI . 56 But this would require that he did have one insular written source , despite his ...
S. Hirst , An Anglo - Saxon Inhumation Cemetery at Sewerby , East Yorkshire , York University Archaeological Publications 4 ( York 1985 ) . V. I. Evison , Dover : the Buckland Anglo - Saxon Cemetery , English Heritage Archaeological ...