#anglosaxons — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #anglosaxons, aggregated by home.social.
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#Volcanic #eruption of 536: from #Avars to #AngloSaxons to #Teotihuacan to rise of #Islam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYAsw1o7AMs Not to mention #Darwin, #volcanoes and #evolution my take here https://nkozphoto.com/index.php/2025/09/24/volcanoes-climate-change-and-darwins-legacy-in-chile/ #science #climate #history #chile
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One man's greed... betrayal... and ambition helped change England forever. His treachery weakened a kingdom, empowered Viking invaders, and paved the way for the Norman Conquest that reshaped British history.
#History #AncientOrigins #AngloSaxons #Vikings #MedievalHistory #England
Read more:https://www.ancient-origins.net/articles/eadric-streona-one-worst-britons-ever -
A rare Anglo-Saxon die stamp found in Kent may challenge the accepted origin of the Sutton Hoo helmet and reshape early medieval history.
#AncientOrigins #SuttonHoo #Archaeology #AngloSaxons
Read more:https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/sutton-hoo-artifact-00102906 -
I’m not sure how to classify this article. I’ve added it to the Trivia category but it’s not really trivia. And the article was inspired by a question I received from a reader in June 2025:
Hello, Michael!
Do you know exactly how to pronounce the name ‘Éowyn’? According to the LotR’s Appendix E, éo- sounds like “eh-ah” with the “ah” just barely pronounced, while y is the modified u,nwhich […]
https://middle-earth.xenite.org/how-to-pronounce-names-in-the-lord-of-the-rings/ -
A huge study of ancient British DNA reveals only minor Roman influence.
Genetic analysis of 1039 people buried in Britain between the Bronze Age and the Norman conquest highlights the impact of the Romans, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings on the island’s ancestry.
#UK #Archaeology #Genetics #DNA #RomanEmpire #History #Science #BronzeAge #NormanConquest #AngloSaxons #Vikings
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#history #anglosaxons #vikings #books
HistoryExtra has a four part podcast series about the struggle between the Vikings and King Alfred. Beginning with the Great Heathen Army in 865 to the Battle of Edlington and its consequences. Viking expert Dr. Eleanor Barraclough leads you through the events. The link provides further listening and reading. https://www.historyextra.com/period/viking/beyond-the-podcast-vikings-anglo-saxon/ -
#history #Anglosaxons #books
A historian is challenging the theory that the Anglo-saxons marched from Stamford Bridge to fight in the Battle of Hastings. He has been re-examining Anglo-Saxon Chronicles as well as 11th century sources. He states that the idea of marching from the north to meet William was a Victorian idea. Instead he says that Harold used England's naval assets to make the journey south. It comes as the Bayeux Tapestry is about to go on display in the UK.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce3gdxgw44eo -
The Battle of Brunanburh (937 AD) united Anglo-Saxon kingdoms under King Athelstan. After centuries of mystery, archaeologists now believe they’ve finally located the battlefield in England’s Wirral peninsula.
#Brunanburh #VikingHistory #HiddenHistory #AngloSaxons #HistoryMystery
Read more:https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/english-battlefield-0012766 -
“Reading English From 1000 AD”, Lewis Campbell (https://lewiscampbell.tech/blog/260224.html).
Via HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47131980
#English #Language #History #Writing #OldEnglish #Linguistics #AngloSaxons #England
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The surprisingly connected origins of "cow" and "beef".
#etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #cow #beef #anglosaxons #normans
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𝗥𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗳𝗶𝘅𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗝𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗹 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 “𝗟𝗼𝘀𝘁” 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗼-𝗦𝗮𝘅𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗲
A rare 13th-century glass jewel depicting the Crucifixion has been unearthed at Sizewell C in Suffolk, linking medieval England to Venetian and Byzantine traditions.
#AncientOrigins #AncientHistory #artifacts #christianity #crucifiction #anglosaxons
https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/crucifixion-glass-jewel-00102456 -
𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗼-𝗦𝗮𝘅𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗻𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀
A “princely” Anglo-Saxon grave—complete with a fully harnessed horse—has surfaced during excavations for the Sizewell C nuclear project. It is amongst 11 burials and many other finds of the project.
#AncientOrigins #AncientHistory #anglosaxons
https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/anglo-saxon-burial-site-00102446 -
In #Maastricht Museum. The text calls this an Anglo-Saxon sword. But the audio speaks of a Viking sword. This is not the same, is it? Who knows more? #Anglo-Saxons #Vikings
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Two seventh-century people found with west African ancestry – a story of diversity and integration in early Anglo-Saxon society
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**Settler Colonization and Language Contact: How they Shaped Old English**
"_This thesis examines the way in which Germanic dialects, which were brought to Britain by settlers in the post-Roman period and which ultimately evolved into Old English, came to predominate in the southern and eastern parts of the island over a stretch of roughly two centuries spanning the fifth to the seventh._"
🔗 https://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/15187?v=pdf.
#OpenAccess #OA #Thesis #OldEnglish #Language #Migration #Britain #Germanic #AngloSaxons #Linguistics #History @linguistics
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Recent acquisition for our personal library:
📖: The Anglo Saxon World: An Anthology translated by Kevin Crossley-Holland