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