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  • Fauna
    ...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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  • Vikings!
    ...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.
    12 KB (2,191 words) - 17:55, 27 August 2018
  • The Long Arm of the Law
    ...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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  • Sprang
    ...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==
    10 KB (1,837 words) - 00:05, 31 October 2018
  • Archery in Anglo-Saxon England
    # How common were bows, and were they used in battle? # What type of bow was used?, and;
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  • Who Were the Anglo-Saxons?
    The evolution of Saxon and then Anglo-Saxon Britain and the demise of the British peoples is almost all due to a fairly unknown lea ..., leaving Britain to fend for itself. Despite being 'thrown to the lions', and hanging on because of it, the rulers of Britain from that date were referre
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  • Who Were the Normans?
    The Viking raids and invasions of the ninth and tenth century led to Scandinavian settlement in many parts of Europe. One o ...the dukedom was enlarged, and the inhabitants became less and less Viking, and more Frankish in their way of life until eventually they became the people
    10 KB (1,859 words) - 17:59, 27 August 2018
  • Feasting and Fasting
    ...ith fine wall hangings; kept warm with fires, lamps and people; the colour and splendour of the clothes kept for such occasions all added to the atmospher ...was a tender meat, in some cases game and fowl such as plover, goose, swan and even peacock were on the menu.
    9 KB (1,694 words) - 21:43, 27 August 2018
  • Non-ferrous Metalworking
    ...rge no different to 'Jeweller's Rouge' that is used today to polish silver and bronze. A popular way of finishing silver jewellery was to melt a black pas ...d evidence of mercury, as used in fire-gilding, has been excavated at York and Hedeby.
    9 KB (1,649 words) - 19:49, 26 October 2018
  • Stone Working
    ...inent in France and Germany, people were still putting up stone buildings, and still renovating the old Roman ones. ...Lincolnshire, and Earls Barton in Northamptonshire. There are many more up and down Britain, some more corrupted by later modifications than others.
    10 KB (1,719 words) - 19:46, 26 October 2018
  • Textile Crafts
    ...nze needle and a ball of yarn. They could even spin very fine silk threads and weave these into decorative braids, although it is more likely that they on ...ed fibre followed by silk. The silk would have been imported from the east and would have passed through the hands of many traders before reaching these
    11 KB (2,006 words) - 20:51, 31 October 2018
  • Officers:Living History Regulations
    ...n the bounds of the LHE. He shall work closely with the AO in this regard, and may amend but not lessen the force of the rulings of the AO in these matter ==Aims and Objectives==
    10 KB (1,590 words) - 20:09, 5 October 2017
  • Flora
    ...ape has to a great extent affected what grew where and when. The elevation and rainfall or moistness of the soil are the greatest factors which control ho ...or two in diameter and a few feet long. From this samples can be extracted and examined microscopically to analyse what types of pollen have become trappe
    7 KB (1,289 words) - 15:27, 30 August 2018
  • Charcoal Burning
    ...ath (the huge smoking crater) I present here a brief account of the gentle and ancient art of charcoal burning, as carried out in Regia's period of intere ...30 hours for 3 - 4 tons of wood (the amount we had available in the lakes) and produces, in ideal conditions, about a ton of charcoal.
    9 KB (1,713 words) - 09:59, 27 October 2018
  • Iron Working
    ...rged by the village or town smith. The demand for iron products by royalty and noblemen meant that they had their own dedicated teams of smiths. ...eted. The seams were beaten together so that they became watertight joints and didn't expand apart in the heat of the fire. There really wasn't a craftsma
    11 KB (2,072 words) - 19:48, 26 October 2018
  • Bone and Antler Working
    ...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.
    9 KB (1,527 words) - 00:00, 31 October 2018
  • Viking Social Organisation
    ...the unfree. This situation prevailed through the Vendel and Viking periods and was only significantly altered in the 11th century with the advent of unifi ...e slave of his creditor until he redeemed his debt. Thralls had few rights and could hold no land, so instead of being fined for lawbreaking they were bea
    9 KB (1,536 words) - 17:49, 27 August 2018
  • Woodworking
    ...that you had in mind. These natural joints are stronger than man-made ones and save the carpenter a lot of time creating joints. Wherever possible they wo ...uld be split easily (green oak can be split with a seasoned wooden wedge), and need not be sawn. The big advantage of using cleft (meaning split) timber i
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  • Glass and Amber Working
    ==Glass and Amber Working== ...s.gif|thumb|left|Early Viking glass drinking vessels were largely conical, and about 120mm or 5 inches high, developing into the bag-beaker style later on
    10 KB (1,735 words) - 17:46, 26 October 2018
  • Scribe
    ...ment has been found. The third is the written evidence found in historical and literary sources; the most revealing in this category are the riddles. Thes ...r me, leaving black tracks. Then a man bound me, he stretched skin over me and adorned me with gold; thus am I enriched by the wondrous work of smiths, wo
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