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A complete course providing an accessible introduction to the earliest extant English literature. The aim of this course is not for participants to learn to read or speak Old English; the texts explored will be offered in translation. Optional…

A short essay detailing the appearance of Hengist and Horsa in Dutch literature.

Photographs of this site, a moat around a flat island probably dating back to Anglo-Saxon times. It is overgrown with trees and only accessible by public footpath round 3/4 of the oval moat structure. There is also an inner moat that is not…

A collection of everything written before 650 CE about Britain and its near neighbors. Assembled in date order in English with a full bibliography.

These extracts on The Coming of the Anglo-Saxons and the poet Caedmon are from Treharne, Old and Middle English: An Anthology, 890-1450, 3rd ed. (Blackwell, 2009)

This is from Treharne, Old and Middle English, 890-1450: An Anthology, 3rd ed. (Blackwell, 2009)

Images and captions from the Ashmolean Museum's 'Anglo-Saxon Discovery' site.

Viking brooch, Buckles, Needle Case, Pendant, Bracelets, Rings, Viking man, Cuerdale Hoard, Chape, Stirrups, Strap distributor, Sword, Where Did the Vikings Come From?

Teachers' resources from the Ashmolean Museum's 'Anglo-Saxon Discovery' site.

This is an illustration of Anglo-Saxon Leicester from the south. It is set in the early Anglo-Saxon period when existing roman buildings are utilised as improvised shelters as well as new build cottages.
the surrounding scrub and forest is being…

This bronze statue by sculptor John McKenna ARBS is situated in Evesham town centre, on the edge of the town market square. It commemorates the legend of Eof's vision. The legend is that while searching for his pigs on the banks of the River Avon,…