anglo-saxon period, 449-1066

Traces the history of the Anglo-Saxon civilization in England from the 5th to the 11th centuries as revealed by archaelogists' excavations and laboratory tests.

After he is orphaned and has his tongue cut out in a clash with the bullying sons of a Welsh noble, Evyn is sold as a slave and serves many masters, from the gracious Lady Swan Neck to the valiant Harold Godwinson, England's last Saxon king.

In 600 A.D. in northern Britain, Prosper becomes a shield bearer with the Companions, an army made up of three hundred younger sons of minor kings and trained to act as one fighting brotherhood against the invading Saxons.

After the death of her mother, Aethelflaed of Mercia, seventeen-year-old Aelfwyn flees imprisonment by her uncle King Edward, and in the guise of a youthful bard, plays her part in the resolution of the tangled political enmities of tenth-century Britain.

On his first Viking raid, seventeen-year-old Lidsmod sails on the ship Raven, joining his comrades as they destroy and plunder villages in medieval England and take an Anglo-Saxon boy as captive.

In sixth-century Great Britain, a fifteen-year-old girl seeking knowledge of her lineage is drawn into battle to defend the homeland she never knew, aided by one of King Arthur's knights.

Explores the family life, clothing, warfare, and religious beliefs of Anglo-Saxons through photographs of artifacts and ancient books.