This blog post introduces four new knowledge clips about an interesting topic: cultural contacts between 'the East' and 'the West' in the Early Middle Ages!
‘You are truly the same’: The Varied Nature of Old English Glossed Psalters
An introduction to the fascinating world of Old English glossed Psalters!
Early Medieval Magical Medicine: An Anglo-Saxon Trivia Quiz
An Anglo-Saxon trivia quiz that will test (and/or increase) your knowledge about magical medicine in early medieval England!
Creepy Crawlies in Early Medieval England: Anglo-Saxon Medicine and Minibeasts
What roles do worms, spiders and earwigs play in early medieval medicine? And why should you throw a dungbeetle over your shoulder?
Kings and Candlesticks in Anglo-Saxon England
Three early medieval English kings had a thing for candlesticks. From candle clocks to candle chastisement.
Scribal complaints: Early medieval English copyists and their colophons
"God helpe minum handum" - God help my hands. Making manuscripts was hard work, as these early medieval English colophons reveal.
Anglo-Saxon Cryptography: Secret Writing in Early Medieval England
In the early Middle Ages, scribes developed techniques to encode their messages. Learn more about Anglo-Saxon cryptography and early medieval encryption. Q:·:|⋮ SCR⋮PS⋮T :·:|⋮|:·:|·T :T Q:·: L:G·T L:T:T:·:R
An Anglo-Saxon Anecdote: Cnut the Great and the walking dead
Find out how Cnut the Great changed his ways after he had seen the reanimated corpse of Edith of Wilton!
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.
#NotMyConqueror: Gytha and the Anglo-Saxon Women’s March against William the Conqueror
Following the Norman Conquest, Gytha, former countess of Wessex, was heavily involved in the resistance against William the Conqueror.
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