early medieval England

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Winters in the world: a journey through the Anglo-Saxon world

Review by Rosalind Love The engagingly lyrical writing of Eleanor Parker has gained many admirers through her website ‘A Clerk of Oxford’, which gently introduced readers to the rich literature, folklore, and religion of early medieval England. Her latest book…

Above On the front of the Harford Farm Brooch, a clumsy repair to one of the lower panels can be seen. On the reverse, the goldsmith has signed his name in runes.

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Writing early medieval England: tracing the first echoes of Anglo-Saxon voices

How did the kingdoms of early medieval England evolve into a single nation? A new exhibition at the British Library combines artefacts and manuscripts to tell the story of the Anglo-Saxons in their own words. Carly Hilts reports.