Medieval History
Kirkleatham Museum to display jewels from Cleveland grave of Anglo-Saxon
princess
Ancient skull unearthed on farm
Fragment from world's oldest Bible found hidden in Egyptian monastery
Skeleton revealed by excavation
Video: Bodies found in a Peterborough garden
Vikings 'were warned to avoid Scotland'
Staffordshire Gold Hoard:
This of course is the big news of the week. There's been a huge amount
of coverage, so the below is a selection of links to articles and such.
Perhaps the most important link is to the Staffordshire Hoard site
On this site there's all kinds of info including a link to the Flickr
site that has a number of images in addition to those in the news and on
the site
The Beeb's Coverage
Largest Anglo-Saxon hoard found
Anglo-Saxon treasures uncovered (largely images)
What happens to a hoard of old gold?
The 'wonderful, wonderful' hoard
Huge Anglo-Saxon gold hoard found
Hoard shines light on Dark Ages
Crowds visit Anglo-Saxon hoard
Anglo-Saxon gold hoard is the biggest - and could get bigger
The Great Nokes of Unlocked Wordhoard has a video roundup
- Festival Of Ideas - Saturday 23rd October
Dr Elizabeth Boyle writes: Tomorrow the ASNC Department will be holding an 'Anglo-Saxon Treasure' afternoon, as part of Cambridge University's Festival of Ideas. From 1.30pm until 5pm, the Department will open its doors (on the 2nd floor...
- More Pieces From The Staffordshire Hoard Discovered
The Staffordshire Hoard has now grown by a further 81 pieces, after a Coroner?s Court declared yesterday that the newly found objects were part of the Anglo-Saxon treasure. South Staffordshire Coroner Andrew Haigh ruled that 81 of the 91 pieces...
- Historian Criticizes Media Over Staffordshire Hoard Coverage
A historian has called the newspaper and television coverage of the Staffordshire Hoard discovery "crass and trivial." In a column for History Today, Justin Pollard, author of Alfred the Great: The Man who Made England and Secret Britain: The Hidden Bits...
- Anglo-saxon Hoard: Gold From England's Dark Ages
Selected objects from the Staffordshire Hoard, entitled 'Anglo-Saxon Hoard: Gold from England's Dark Ages' will go on show at the National Geographic Museum in Washington DC (1145 17th Street NW), from October 29, 2011 - March 6, 2012. Further...
- The Staffordshire Hoard Strikes Again
Outside of the United Kingdom, when you think 'hoards' in Britain, you would not be blamed for thinking of the bounteous Eighth Century Sutton Hoo Hoard in East Anglia with its stunning gold and silver helmet inlaid with garnets, elaborate brooches,...
Medieval History
Medieval News of the Week
Kirkleatham Museum to display jewels from Cleveland grave of Anglo-Saxon
princess
Ancient skull unearthed on farm
Fragment from world's oldest Bible found hidden in Egyptian monastery
Skeleton revealed by excavation
Video: Bodies found in a Peterborough garden
Vikings 'were warned to avoid Scotland'
Staffordshire Gold Hoard:
This of course is the big news of the week. There's been a huge amount
of coverage, so the below is a selection of links to articles and such.
Perhaps the most important link is to the Staffordshire Hoard site
On this site there's all kinds of info including a link to the Flickr
site that has a number of images in addition to those in the news and on
the site
The Beeb's Coverage
Largest Anglo-Saxon hoard found
Anglo-Saxon treasures uncovered (largely images)
What happens to a hoard of old gold?
The 'wonderful, wonderful' hoard
Huge Anglo-Saxon gold hoard found
Hoard shines light on Dark Ages
Crowds visit Anglo-Saxon hoard
Anglo-Saxon gold hoard is the biggest - and could get bigger
The Great Nokes of Unlocked Wordhoard has a video roundup
- Festival Of Ideas - Saturday 23rd October
Dr Elizabeth Boyle writes: Tomorrow the ASNC Department will be holding an 'Anglo-Saxon Treasure' afternoon, as part of Cambridge University's Festival of Ideas. From 1.30pm until 5pm, the Department will open its doors (on the 2nd floor...
- More Pieces From The Staffordshire Hoard Discovered
The Staffordshire Hoard has now grown by a further 81 pieces, after a Coroner?s Court declared yesterday that the newly found objects were part of the Anglo-Saxon treasure. South Staffordshire Coroner Andrew Haigh ruled that 81 of the 91 pieces...
- Historian Criticizes Media Over Staffordshire Hoard Coverage
A historian has called the newspaper and television coverage of the Staffordshire Hoard discovery "crass and trivial." In a column for History Today, Justin Pollard, author of Alfred the Great: The Man who Made England and Secret Britain: The Hidden Bits...
- Anglo-saxon Hoard: Gold From England's Dark Ages
Selected objects from the Staffordshire Hoard, entitled 'Anglo-Saxon Hoard: Gold from England's Dark Ages' will go on show at the National Geographic Museum in Washington DC (1145 17th Street NW), from October 29, 2011 - March 6, 2012. Further...
- The Staffordshire Hoard Strikes Again
Outside of the United Kingdom, when you think 'hoards' in Britain, you would not be blamed for thinking of the bounteous Eighth Century Sutton Hoo Hoard in East Anglia with its stunning gold and silver helmet inlaid with garnets, elaborate brooches,...