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Showing posts with label saxons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label saxons. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Did Lull Advise Charlemagne to Get Tough on Pagans?

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By Kim Rendfeld What was it like for Saint Lull in 785, when he got the news Continental Saxon ruler Widukind, responsible for church bur...
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Sunday, July 5, 2015

Germanic Mercenaries – Friend or Foederati?

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by Elaine S. Moxon From the 1stC to the 5thC AD Britain was the northern-most province of the Roman Empire: the land of Prydain or the pe...
Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Why the Saxons Kept Breaking Their Vows

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By Kim Rendfeld Alcuin of York wanted the Christian mission in pagan Saxony to succeed, but in the 790s, he was deeply troubled by how ...
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Saturday, November 5, 2011

Weapons and Warfare in Saxon Times

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by Richard Denning The Welsh were closer now, so that I could make out their features as they advanced. A rugged, scar-faced old veter...
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Sunday, October 16, 2011

Sources for writing fiction in early dark ages Britain

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by Richard Denning Evidence and guesswork in the 6th Century I was not long born the day my uncle stood on the battlefield, surrounded by ...
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