Early Anglo-Saxon villages were named after the leader of the tribe so everyone knew who was in charge. If you’d visited Reading in Anglo-Saxon times, you’d have been in Redda’s village – Redda being the local chieftain. The Anglo-Saxons settled in many different parts of the coun...
Key Facts & InformationHISTORICAL BACKGROUNDThe Anglo-Saxons were no strangers to Britain, having served in the Roman army on the island. They began slowly colonizing Britain even before the Roman legions left. Despite this, historical evidence suggests that they were invited with the intention of...
The 'kingdom of England' was created by Anglo-Saxon politicians, soldiers and churchmen in the ninth and tenth centuries. They and their subjects have left us a significant literature in their own language. Readers may be tempted to take both facts for granted. Yet each is not only ...
Alfred the Great was a supporter of English literature. He himself worked with his companions to translate Latin manuscripts into English.Old Englishis not regarded as a single monolithic entity just like modern English. Development and Major Influences Literature on theAnglo-Saxonlanguage developed...
The Anglo-Saxons were a group of Germanic tribes that settled in England from the 5th to the 11th century. They established various kingdoms and spoke Old English, which laid the foundation for the English language. Initially pagans, they later adopted Christianity, and ...
'The Search for Anglo-Saxon Paganism' traces an attitude among writers on Anglo-Saxon literature which exalts whatever is primitive an...E.G. Stanley has an international reputation as a leading Anglo-Saxonist, and his perceptive and original contributions to the field continue to be sought ...
English literatureE.G. Stanley has an international reputation as a leading Anglo-Saxonist, and his perceptive and original contributions to the field continue to be sought after by Anglo-Saxon scholars. The two topics included in this book are just such studies. 'The Search for Anglo-Saxon ...
Harold Godwinson was the last Anglo-Saxon King of England. His reign lasted only 9 months, but he is famous as a central character in one the seminal...
Anglo-Saxon, term used historically to describe any member of the Germanic peoples who, from the 5th century CE to the time of the Norman Conquest (1066), inhabited and ruled territories that are now in England and Wales. The peoples grouped together as
Fyrd, tribal militia-like arrangement existing in Anglo-Saxon England from approximately ad 605. Local in character, it imposed military service upon every able-bodied free male. It was probably the duty of the ealderman, or sheriff, to call out and lead