anglo-saxons

Examines a thousand year period of British history beginning with the invasion by the Anglo-Saxon immigrants and continuing through William the Conqueror in 1066.

Analyzes Anglo-Saxon life and attitudes through an examination of surviving prose and poetry, sculpture, jewelry, and architecture.

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.

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.

Describes the organization of Anglo-Saxon society and how its members lived, played, worked, worshipped, spoke, wrote, and fought.

Chronicles the history of early England from 550 to 1087, tracing the development of Anglo-Saxon society, discussing the evolution of an effective monarchy, and examining the chief phases in the workings of the Church.

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.