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"Anglo-Saxon Art": Benedict Biscop

I began this class with Bede’s account of the journeys of Benedict Biscop in his Lives of the Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow. He describes the bringing of workmen from abroad, as well as of … more →

Early Medieval Art

Stage 1 - Tynemouth Pier to Hadrian Road - Saturday 16th August 2008

newcastlebotanicalart wrote 2 days ago: The walk starts at the end of Tynemouth pier at the mouth of the Tyne. It was a sunny Saturday and … more →

Tags: tyne, walk, Art, Turner, waggonway

The Greenleaf Guide to Medieval Literature — 1 comment

redhatrob wrote 1 month ago: It is with great pride that Greenleaf Press announces the publication of the Greenleaf Guide to Medi … more →

Tags: Ancient History, Beowulf, Book Reviews, Caedmon, Chaucer, Gawain, hamlet, Homeschooling, J.R.R. Tolkien

Blogging History

eyeonimmingham wrote 1 month ago: I just found an old reply to a blog my husband wrote back in 2002! Was Eye on Immingham (Or Immingha … more →

Tags: History, Pilgrim Fathers, Pilgrim Fathers, Immingham, Mayflower, Speedwell, Eye on Immingham, Add new tag, america

Call my Bluff, Northern British history style — 11 comments

Jonathan Jarrett wrote 1 month ago: In my 2006 tour of Scotland, sadly concluded before I began this blog, one of the places my then-par … more →

Tags: Anglo-Saxons, Currently reading, Picts, bretwalda, call my bluff, early Scotland, Leslie Alcock

Preaching Christ During the Festival of Science — 16 comments

beastrabban wrote 2 months ago: Last Friday, the 6th of June, was the last day of the Cheltenham Festival of Science, held annually … more →

Tags: Science, RIchard Dawkins, Cheltenham, Robots, 'Tekton Apologetics', Kevin Warwick, Robert Winston, Lembit Opik, Jim Al-Khalili

Oswiu And The Synod Of Whitby

meurglys68 wrote 2 months ago: Whitby Abbey. Picture taken by yours truly in 2002. This would be the location of the important Syn … more →

Tags: History, Rome, Christianity, Aethelbert, Alchfrith, Anglo-Saxons, Augustine, Columba, IONA

St AEthelthryth, Naysayer — 2 comments

highlyeccentric wrote 2 months ago: It’s hard to improve on the AElfrician narrative for sheer weirdness, sometimes. We will now w … more →

Tags: Humourous Hagiography, Old English, sex, Anglo-Saxons, AELfric, Saints, Wilfrid

Archeology and History not always good befellows — 2 comments

Jon W wrote 3 months ago: For centuries the records of history that we had taught us that the Angles and Saxons (along with th … more →

Tags: History, Roman Britain, Wales, gil@das

Chocolates, Eggs and Bunnies! - Equinox Newsletter

unicursalstar wrote 3 months ago: Dear All, So its nearly Easter weekend, which coincides with the Spring Equinox this year, which is … more →

Tags: Newsletters, all fools gathering, anna franklin, avalonia, blasting rods, Ceremonial Magick, Curses, David Rankine, donald tyson

How reliable is Bede's Ecclisiastical History of the English People?

paganschristiansheretics wrote 4 months ago: It is often regarded as a highly detailed source, reffered to even as our most informative account o … more →

Tags: Ecclisiastical History, Week 6