The people who left northern Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands 1,500 years ago would probably recognise some English words today, but they would find modern English very different from the Old English they once spoke. #AngloSaxons

The Anglo-Saxons were not one single people. They were mainly migrants from what is now northern Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands who settled in Britain after the Roman period, beginning in the 5th century. #History #AngloSaxons

Found another really good picture of a boar-crested helm, to go with my earlier post. #AngloSaxons #wargaming #5thcentury

Took a summer break from OE (and really studying in general because life), but now it's fall and my school brain is back on. Jumping into the Chronicle, specifically Peterborough so I can attempt a seamless transition into Middle English once I'm done.

#oldenglish #anglosaxons #languagestudy

A soft goal for the year is to read 50 books, nine months in I'm at 30. With a shift in research field to #medievalstudies #anglosaxons #oldenglish and #oldnorse the books are getting thicker and denser. I may not get to 50, but that's okay.

#booksky #historian

Anglo-Saxons: From Pagan Britain to the Norman Conquest

The Anglo-Saxons refused to assimilate. Inside their pagan beliefs, weregild, the Synod of Whitby, Bede, Alfred's Old English books…

#AngloSaxons #OldEnglish

https://bookofworldhistory.com/blog/anglo-saxons-pagan-britain-to-norman-conquest

Been thinking about the Norman Conquest? Who hasn't with all the hoo-ha about the Bayeux Tapestry. George Morrow had his thoughts in this PUNCH cartoon from 1926: 'Duke William of Normandy discovers an example of Saxon mural decoration' #Saxons #AngloSaxons #WilliamtheConqueror #history