Lukol Directory: Regional: Europe: United Kingdom: England: Society and Culture: History: Anglo-Saxon

Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England
Searchable database of all recorded people living in early medieval England, produced by academics from several universities.
http://www.pase.ac.uk/

Dr Sam Newton's Wuffings' Website
Explores the early medieval kingdom of East Anglia and its Wuffing dynasty as well as aspects of the literature, legend, history, and archaeology of Anglo-Saxon England.
http://www.wuffings.co.uk/

Kemble
The British Academy and Royal Historical Society describe their new edition of the corpus of Anglo-Saxon charters. Includes online versions of Sawyer's catalogue and Regesta Regum Anglorum.
http://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/chartwww/

The Electronic Sawyer
An online version of the revised edition of Sawyer's Anglo-Saxon Charters, prepared by the British Academy / Royal Historical Society Joint Committee on Anglo-Saxon Charters.
http://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/chartwww/eSawyer...

The Battle of Brunanburgh AD 937
Argues that the battle at which King Athelstan finally defeated the Danes was fought on a site near the present Burnley in Lancashire where the River Brun has its source. Battle account, maps and photographs.
http://brunanburgh937.mysite.wanadoo-membe...

Anglo-Saxon Studies - A Select Bibliography
Provides a study guide. Incorporates a range of topics categorized by subject and includes links to online sources.
http://bubl.ac.uk/docs/bibliog/biggam/

BBC - The Anglo-Saxons
An interactive guide to 8th century English life. Includes sections on the invasion, general life, beliefs and pastimes. Also includes further activities and suggestions of places to visit in person or online.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/anglosaxons/

MaÞeliende
The online newsletter of Anglo-Saxon studies at the University of Georgia.
http://virtual.park.uga.edu/~mathelie/home...

Ða Engliscan Gesiðas
An historical society devoted to the study of all aspects the Anglo-Saxon period. Aims, articles, Anglo-Saxon calendar and forum.
http://www.tha-engliscan-gesithas.org.uk/

Vortigern Studies
Robert Vermaat's look at British history c.400-600 AD. Includes discussions of the evidence for Vortigern and the Wansdyke earthwork.
http://www.vortigernstudies.org.uk/

Anglo-Saxon England
Student essays about Anglo-Saxon England by William Bakken and a thesis about the relationship of King Cnut with the English Church.
http://members.aol.com/bakken1/angsax/angs...

Beyond the Burghal Hidage: Anglo-Saxon Civil Defence in the Viking Age
A three-year project by the University College London Institute of Archaeology to study Anglo-Saxon military organisation and its landscape context for the period c.850-1066.
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/project/b...

Regia Anglorum
Anglo-Saxon, Viking, Norman and British Living History 950-1066AD.
http://www.regia.org/

The Life of King Alfred
Biography by Asser, Bishop of Sherborne, written c.888. E-text hosted by the Online Medieval and Classical Library.
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMACL/KingAlfr...

Anglo-Saxon History: A Select Bibliography
An extensive bibliography arranged in categories by Simon Keynes.
http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/research/raw...

Mercian History
Geography, acendancy, and decline of the Kingdom of Mercia, and the earldom as it existed under the Danelaw.
http://www.btinternet.com/~simonmarchini/m...

International Society of Anglo-Saxonists
Aims to further all aspects of Anglo-Saxon Studies and holds a conference every other year.
http://www.as.wvu.edu/english/isas/

Britannia: Anglo Saxon England
A comprehensive series of original material and contemporary sources relating to England before the Norman conquest.
http://www.britannia.com/history/h50.html

The Burghal Hidage
Anthony Bradshaw explains this Saxon document which lists the fortified burhs of Wessex, with maps.
http://www.ogdoad.force9.co.uk/alfred/alfh...

Map of Anglo-Saxon England
Map by Matthew White, hosted by Georgetown University.
http://www.georgetown.edu/faculty/ballc/oe...

Haskins Society
An international scholarly organization dedicated to the study of Viking, Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Norman, and early Angevin history and the history of neighboring areas and peoples.
http://www.haskins.cornell.edu/

Anglo-Saxons.net
Sean Miller provides an introduction, timeline, dates, lists of rulers and archbishops, maps, texts and translations, including a searchable database of charters.
http://www.anglo-saxons.net/

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles
Complete modern English translation published by the Online Medieval and Classical Library (OMACL).
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMACL/Anglo/

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