Medieval History
When Cambridge University Lecturer in Archaeology Dr Catherine Hills discovered that Anglo Saxon remains could be buried in the grounds of Newnham College, Cambridge, she and her colleagues set about organising a dig to find them. Key to its success would be the help of 20 sixth-form girls from schools in London, Birmingham and Peterborough, all of whom stayed in the college for a week to sample life at Cambridge. What did the girls make of their stay? And did they unearth skeletons in the garden?
- Sutton Trust Summer School In Asnc 2013
Applications are now open for the 2013 Sutton Trust Summer School in Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic, which will take place during the week of 26th - 30th August. The Summer School provides an opportunity for Year 12 pupils from non-privileged backgrounds...
- Professor Ray Page (1924 - 2012)
The Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic is sad to announce the death on 10 March 2012 of Professor Raymond Page, Emeritus Elrington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon in the University of Cambridge, and Fellow and former Librarian of Corpus...
- Parker Library Blog And Ccasnc
Two notices which may be of interest: First, the Parker Library, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, now has a blog, which you can find here. Second, the 2011 Cambridge Colloquium in Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic, which is organised by postgraduate students...
- Skeletons Found At Mass Burial Site In Oxford Could Be ?10th-century Viking Raiders?
Thirty-seven skeletons found in a mass burial site in the grounds of St John?s College in Oxford may not be who they initially seemed, according to Oxford University researchers studying the remains. When the bodies were discovered in the grounds of...
- Medicine Conference
The ?Missing Link?: medicine in late antiquity and the early middle ages King?s College, Cambridge Saturday 8 March 2008 organized by Debby Banham, Peter Jones and Clare Pilsworth with thanks to the Departments of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic/History...
Medieval History
Video: Newnham College excavation
When Cambridge University Lecturer in Archaeology Dr Catherine Hills discovered that Anglo Saxon remains could be buried in the grounds of Newnham College, Cambridge, she and her colleagues set about organising a dig to find them. Key to its success would be the help of 20 sixth-form girls from schools in London, Birmingham and Peterborough, all of whom stayed in the college for a week to sample life at Cambridge. What did the girls make of their stay? And did they unearth skeletons in the garden?
- Sutton Trust Summer School In Asnc 2013
Applications are now open for the 2013 Sutton Trust Summer School in Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic, which will take place during the week of 26th - 30th August. The Summer School provides an opportunity for Year 12 pupils from non-privileged backgrounds...
- Professor Ray Page (1924 - 2012)
The Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic is sad to announce the death on 10 March 2012 of Professor Raymond Page, Emeritus Elrington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon in the University of Cambridge, and Fellow and former Librarian of Corpus...
- Parker Library Blog And Ccasnc
Two notices which may be of interest: First, the Parker Library, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, now has a blog, which you can find here. Second, the 2011 Cambridge Colloquium in Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic, which is organised by postgraduate students...
- Skeletons Found At Mass Burial Site In Oxford Could Be ?10th-century Viking Raiders?
Thirty-seven skeletons found in a mass burial site in the grounds of St John?s College in Oxford may not be who they initially seemed, according to Oxford University researchers studying the remains. When the bodies were discovered in the grounds of...
- Medicine Conference
The ?Missing Link?: medicine in late antiquity and the early middle ages King?s College, Cambridge Saturday 8 March 2008 organized by Debby Banham, Peter Jones and Clare Pilsworth with thanks to the Departments of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic/History...