Saxondaeg V |
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| An event to be held by invitation in Burke County in November | ||
| Visit the ever-expanding Setting page. And the Dramatis Personae for the current lineup of professions and names. And a page on Mundane Considerations. | ||
| The Summary of the Saxondaeg 2006 | ||
| Schedule for Saxondæg IV. | ||
| Handouts | ||
| Printable stuff we've put together to help with the event. | ||
| The Invitation | Lexicon | Pronunciation Guide |
| Social Context: Status | Money | |
| General | ||
| For access to every single Saxon-related link I've scrounged, click here. | ||
| Essays about Anglo-Saxon life from the Raven's Warband. | ||
| While nearly a century old (and spanning hundreds of years of culture), the article on the Anglo Saxons from the Encyclopedia Britannica has some useful info. | ||
| Locale Links | ||
| Map of England in the time of AEthelstan | ||
| Wikipedia article on Hampshire and the History of Hampshire. | ||
| Brief but useful note on early Winchester. And a note on Andover. And something on Whitchurch. | ||
| Historical Winchester links. | ||
| Old Hampshire Gazetteer features name origins, descriptions and old maps. | ||
| South Downs Virtual Information Centre has useful factsheets on the ecology and archeology of the area. | ||
| A map of the general location of the farm. | ||
| Society Links | ||
| The webpage for the living history group Regia Anglorum is tremendously useful. Here are some articles especially worth reading: | ||
| Class | ||
| Anglo-Saxon social organization: know your thegns from your theows. | ||
| Anglo-Saxon military organization | ||
| Basic Clothing Guide from Regia. | ||
| Occupations | ||
| Check out the Village of Wichamstow, for an idea of possible professions. | ||
| Laws | ||
| A Wikipedia overview of Anglo-Saxon law. | ||
| Some of the Laws of Athelstan's time. And more laws. | ||
| Names | ||
| Some of the links have gone cold, but the first one is all you'll probably need. | ||
| An excellent list of Anglo Saxon, Viking, and Welsh names from Regia Anglorum. | ||
| Medieval Naming Guides which is probably replicated elsewhere in this section. | ||
| Anglo Saxon Names compiled from Bede's A History of the English Church and People | ||
| Searchable list of Anglo-Saxon people recorded in selected reference works. From the Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England | ||
| Anglo-Saxon names gleaned from Bede. | ||
| History of Anglo-Saxon Names. | ||
| Anglo-Saxon women's names from charters. | ||
| Female given names from A Dictionary of English Surnames. | ||
| Male and Female Saxon names from 20,000 Names website. | ||
| A chart showing the Descent of the Anglo-Saxon Kings "from Noah." Useful for names. | ||
| A list of Anglo-Saxon nobility. | ||
| Links to the King | ||
| Note that the king's name is spelled various ways. | ||
| The Reign of Æthelstan. | ||
| Wikipedia article on Athelstan | ||
| Extant Charters signed by Athelstan: useful in that it pins down his location at a given time. | ||
| Anglo-Saxon.net's writeup of Æthelstan. | ||
| List of the kings of England, starting from the House of Wessex. | ||
| Projects | ||
| Food | ||
| Article on Food and Drink, and one of Feasting and Fasting, from the Regia site. | ||
| Margarita's Anglo-Saxon Menu, drawn from these recipes from the British Museum Cookbook. | ||
| Anglo Saxon Cooking threads collected on the florilegium. | ||
| A SCA version of a Saxon feast from an Ohio event in June2008. | ||
| Experiments in bread ovens: turf oven from Regia, cloche from Dragon's Laire, a cobb oven, steel and concrete oven from Lillies '99. Also, an SCA bread FAQ, with a link to useful books on period cookery. | ||
| "Cereals and plant food: a reassessment of the Saxon economic evidence from Wessex." From Environment and Economy in Anglo-Saxon England -- look through it, it has some useful stuff. | ||
| A Bibliography for Agriculture and Food History. | ||
| A short powerpoint presentation for Processing Cereals to Make Flour. | ||
| Article on the Bread of Ædingstowe. | ||
| Pottery | ||
| Regia's article on pottery. | ||
| Charcoal | ||
| Regia's article on making charcoal. | ||
| Charcoal making: Not period tools, but from-scratch nonetheless. | ||
| Gummit Document on making charcoal. | ||
| Other | ||
| A project on iron age soap. | ||
| Pages on Experimental Archeology camps in Suffolk. | ||
| Anglo-Saxon and Dark Ages Living History Groups | ||
Angelcynn is a living history group re-creating Anglo Saxon life from 400-900AD. |
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| Angelcynn: The History of Anglo Saxon England. A message board for all things Anglo Saxon. | ||
Regia Anglorum attempts to recreate a cross section of English life around the turn of the first millennium, including Viking, Anglo-Saxon, and Norman culture. It's pretty much a British organization that's serious about "getting it right." Lots of resources. See also the North American branch, Geforthian Strand. |
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| Ða Engliscan Gesiþas (The English Companions) "aims to bridge the gap between scholars and non-experts, and to bring together all those with an interest in the Anglo-Saxon period. Also check the American branch, Winlandes Scir. | ||
| The Dark Ages Society focuses on late-9th century Britain. | ||
| Dark Ages Re-creation Company | ||
| Wulfingas: Anglian Settlers in the Fifth or Sixth Century A.D. | ||
| The Vikings: Celtic, Viking, and Saxon re-enacting. | ||
| The Viking Experience includes a section on authenticity for various Gaelic, Viking and Saxon kits. | ||
| Ulfhednir: Viking Age living history in Denmark. | ||
| Hurstwic: A loose affiliation based in New England, and dealing with Viking Age northern Europe. | ||
| Nordhere: 11th century reenactors in Canada. | ||
| The Huscarls: Australian Dark Age group. | ||
The Ravens Warband is a re-enactment society of the early Anglo-Saxon period (circa 500AD). They also conduct research and make reproduction equipment. |
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| Wychwood Warriors: Oxford University Historical Re-enactment Society. | ||
| Ancient Arts Fellowship: Dark-Age reenactment based in Canberra, Australia. | ||
| Want more? | ||
| Anglo Saxon stuff: links for clothes, history, books, weapons and on and on. | ||
| Anglo Saxon poetry | ||
| To whet your appetite for learning, here is our Anglo-Saxon Library, updated on 9/19/07. | ||
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Saxondæg participants, check out the Geárdagaseld Forum. |
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| Page was last updated on 08/28/2011 | ||
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