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Category: Decapitation

10 Apr 20174 Aug 2018 thijsporck Beowulf, Daily life, Decapitation, Old English Hexateuch, Saints, The Last Kingdom (BBC)

Heads on sticks: Decapitation and impalement in early medieval England

A good way to keep out unwanted visitors and an inspiration to authors and artists: decapitation and impalement in Anglo-Saxon England.

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