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  • File:Scotland, Kneep Buckle and Strap end.jpg
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  • ==Trousers, Hose and Brais==
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  • ''For other styles of outer clothing worn by women see [[Women's Cloaks and Coats]]''<br>
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  • ...e shape, with a hole for the head at the point. It is worn like a poncho, and should reach mid-calf when worn loose. Angevin Cloaks are worn on the shoulders and are clasped at the front with a chain. Angevin Cloaks can be lined in a dif
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  • ==Writing and Illumination==
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  • |SubCategory= Frisians and Carolingians <!-- e.g. Crafts --> == Frisians and Carolingians ==
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  • #REDIRECT [[Frisians and Carolingians]]
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  • |SubCategory= Frisians and Carolingians <!-- e.g. Crafts --> |SubCategory= Frisians and Carolingians <!-- e.g. Crafts -->
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  • |SubCategory= Frisians and Carolingians <!-- e.g. Crafts --> ==Frisian and Carolingian Men==
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  • |SubCategory= Frisians and Carolingians <!-- e.g. Crafts --> ==Frisian and Carolingian Warriors==
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  • ...period, often for jobs for which we now use plastics. Quite a lot of bone and antler objects have survived, partly because it was widely used, but also d ...red deer antlers as an example were used almost completely, only the tines and the brow ridge being discarded occasionally.
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  • |SubCategory= Religion and the Church<!-- e.g. Crafts --> |SubCategory= Religion and the Church<!-- e.g. Crafts -->
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  • |SubCategory= Crafts and Everyday Life<!-- e.g. Crafts --> |SubCategory= Crafts and Everyday Life<!-- e.g. Crafts -->
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  • #Redirect [[Topic: Religion and the Church]]
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  • ...years of William the Conqueror's rule, England was under constant threat, and often attack, from the Northmen. ...changed a great deal in the 969 years between the time of Tacitus" writing and the battle of Hastings.
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  • ==Fruit and Vegetables== ...hough we have documentary proof for the importation of such things as figs and grapes.<ref>Viking Age England, Julian Richards, p94.</ref>
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  • ...to choose from. The problem with wooden buildings is that they catch fire and decay much more easily than stone buildings, which meant that they had to b ...parts of Scandinavia, so other materials were used as well, such as stone and turf.
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  • ...This document has been constructed over a number of years using the ideas and influence ..., and the activities they undertake in the combat arena and outside of it, and for the most part, rewarding their efforts with a competitive edge.<br>
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  • ...They were often rectangular, with the 1 and 2 on either end and the 3,4,5, and 6 on the four long sides. ...such as 'who can get the highest (or lowest) number were probably common (and are suggested by some of the sagas), as were games similar to 'liar dice' o
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  • ...did survive to be executed by their lord's successor for their disloyalty and lack of zeal. ...e fallen on the eorls. It was their job to summon the fyrd in emergencies, and this they, or their ðegns could have done reasonably quickly in the areas
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  • ...l depended on a total reorganisation of their realm, both administratively and militarily. ...ith his own personal war-band, augmented by the war-bands of his ealdormen and thegns.
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  • ==Stories and Songs== ...uch as 'Widsith' and 'Deor' appear to be fiction or folklore. Much history and custom was passed on by word of mouth. It is easier to remember things exac
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  • ...of Anglo-Saxon Food: Processing and Consumption, Anglo-Saxon Books.</ref> and cooking <ref>For authentic recipes please see BR & SM Levick, Wulfwyn's Wor ...aught only eels. So the Bishop's men got together eel nets from all sides. and threw them into the sea. By God's help they caught three hundred fish, of a
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  • ...ather were just as important then as they are today; flexibility, strength and durability. ...d easy but if the leather got wet the oils or minerals could be washed out and the leather would begin to carry on the rotting process.
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  • ...r tale has it that a Danish Jarl named Ulf got lost during Cnut's invasion and was guided back to his ships by a handsome, well-spoken youth to whom he to ...mark and, although only in his early twenties, became the King's companion and closest advisor. For the rest of his life, Godwin remained the most powerfu
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  • ...ge social events such as weddings, were also an excuse for the competitive and those of the gambling persuasion to exercise their skills. If there were th ...a more legs down position in the water. This makes for tiresome swimming, and we found that the Breast stroke was the only really viable way to swim.) Co
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  • ...al family of Wessex was universally recognised as the English royal family and held a hereditary right to rule. Succession to the throne was not guarantee ...hire, responsible for administration and justice, for calling out the fyrd and leading its forces in the field. The office was not hereditary, but it beca
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  • Please add all images and descriptions here. Each tile can then be selected on the relevant gallery t ...mantle. Under this she wears a woollen dress cut slightly short in the arm and skirt to expose a little of the linen undershift beneath.
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  • ...eeled off. Usually, we only hear of what they did to the southern English, and rarely of what they did to each other. ...Dublin, a clan that was just as ambitious as the ruling family of Wessex, and just as determined to gain itself a kingdom in the north of England - the C
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  • ...deep. Clay is very heavy, and difficult to dig out. The rest of Britain by and large had to make do with 'costly' imports that could have come from a few ...-Saxon times pottery 'urns' were used to hold ashes of people who had died and been cremated. These were then often buried in small 'barrows'. Many of the
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  • ...reatures, in addition to the other wild creatures that inhabited the towns and villages including the domestic animals. ...ve had horns. Goats were also shorter versions of the feral goats of today and horses would have been much like modern Dales ponies or Icelandic Horses, n
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  • ...and giants, they swept across Europe like a forest fire raping, pillaging and destroying all in their path. Sound familiar? It should do, it's the image ...tood between the Vikings and their silver - the clerical staff of churches and abbeys.
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  • ...observed; and the judicial, which determines whether laws have been broken and, if so, exacts punishment. ...as many differences within, say, West Saxon law as there were between that and Mercian law.
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  • ...d of plaiting becomes apparent when the tension of the threads is released and the fabric can be stretched across it's width. ==Origins and history==
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