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Geography

Maps

Archaeology

Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries Dataset, from the University of Glasgow

General

Language

Hwæt! [basic Old English in context]
Modern English-Old English Wordlist
Dictionary of Old English Project, from the University of Toronto
WENDERE [downloadable Old English Dictionary]
An Eleventh-Century Anglo-Saxon Glossary from MS Brussels, Royal Library 1650: An Edition and Source Study, by David W. Porter
A Survey of Anglo-Saxon Plant Names, by C.P. Biggam
Yamada Old English Fonts

Bibliography

Anglo-Saxon Studies - A Select Bibliography
Anonymous Old English Homilies: A Preliminary Bibliography of Source, by Janet Bately
Simon Keynes: A-S History -- Title Page
Simon Keynes: Anglo-Saxon History -- A Select Bibliography
C.P. Biggam, Anglo-Saxon Studies. A Select Bibliography [3rd ed., 1998]
The Heroic Age Links Page
Anglo Saxon England Index, from Britannia
Anonymous Old English Homilies: A Preliminary Bibliography of Source Studies, by Janet Bately, from the University of London
A Bibliography of the Battle of Maldon, by by Wendy E. J. Collier, from the University of Manchester

Journals

WWWVL. History. The History Journals Guide
Anglo-Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History [provides tables of contents]
Early English Text Society
The Heroic Age. A Journal of Early Medieval Northwestern Europe [a full-text on-line journal]
The Old English Newsletter, from Western Michigan University
OEN Subsidia

Sources

Virtual Libraries

Labyrinth Library Old English Literature [materials in Old English]
Labyrinth Anglo-Saxon Culture
Anglo-Saxon Charters, from the British Academy - Royal Historical Society Joint Committee on Anglo_Saxon Charters
Eurodocs. History of the United Kingdom
The Laws of Alfred and Ine [in Old English]
Early Manuscripts at Oxford University [graphic]
- Balliol College
- Bodleian Library
- Corpus Christi College
- Jesus College
- Magdalene College
- Merton College
- St. John's College
- List of All MSS
- Internet Medieval SourceBook [transcriptions and translations]
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
- Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, from Britannia
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, from OMACL
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, from Avalon
Medieval Sourcebook: The Chronicle of Ethelwerd
A Engliscan Gesithas Home Page
Medieval Sourcebook: Nennius: Historia Brittonum, 8th century
Old English Pages
The Ruin and Conquest of Britain as told by the Primary Sources
Abbo of Fleury: The Martyrdom of St. Edmund, King of East Anglia (870), tr. Kenneth Cutler, from the Internet Medieval Sourcebook
Ee.3.59: The Life of King Edward the Confessor, from Cambridge University [manuscript images]
The Venerable Bede (673-735), from the Internet Medieval History Sourcebook
- The Explanation of the Apocalypse
Willibald: The Life of St. Boniface
The Correspondence of St. Boniface

Literature

Beowulf
The Electronic Beowulf Project, by John Kiernan, et.al.
Beowulf Bibliography 1979-1994
Wulf and Eadwacer
An English-Saxon Homily on the Birthday of St. Gregory, by Elizabeth Estob, from Western Michigan University
Judith, from Labyrinth
The Junius Manuscript, from Labyrinth
The Exeter Book, from Labyrinth [a rich collecton of riddles, poems, etc.]
The Vercelli Book, from Labyrinth

Andreas
The fates of the Apostles
Soul and Body I
Homiletic Fragment I
Dream of the Rood

The Meters of Boethius, from Labyrinth
Old English "Minor Poems", from Labyrinth
The Wanderer [Old and Modern English]
The Seafarer [Old and Modern English]
Deor [Old and Modern English]
Biography
Collective Biographies

Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England
Anglo-Saxon People, from Anglo-Saxon.net [a number of entries of rulers, abbots and bishops, most with short biographies]
Brief Biographies of Famous Figures, from Spartacus
The Cambridge History of British and American Literature, volume 1, chapters 1-8, from Bartleby
Individual Biographies
Rulers

Æthelbald, king of Wessex, 855-8, 858-60
Æthelbehrt, king of the West Saxons, 855-860
Æthelred, king of Wessex, 865-871
Abbo of Fleury: The Martyrdom of St. Edmund, King of East Anglia (870), tr. Kenneth Cutler, from the Internet Medieval Sourcebook
Ceolwulf II, king of Mercia (874-877/9?)
Edward the Elder, king of the Anglo-Saxons (899-17 July 924)
Æthelstan (924-27 October 939
Æthelstan, king of England (924 [cons. 4 September 925]-27 October 939
Edmund, king of England, 939-26 May 949
Erik Bloodaxe, last king of York (?947-8 - 952-4
Eadred, king of England (946 - 23 November 955
Eadwig All-Fair, king of England (955 - 1 October 959
Edward the Martyr (975-18 March 978
Æthelred the Unready, King of England, 978-1016
Ee.3.59: The Life of King Edward the Confessor, from Cambridge University [manuscript images]

Willibald: The Life of St. Boniface
St. Cuthbert, 635-687, from Britain Express
St. Dunstan, 909-988, from Britain Express The Celts

Caradog Freichfras, King of Gwent & the Vannetais (Born c.AD 470) [Caractacus]
St. Constantine of Cornwall, King of Dumnonia (c.AD 520-576)
Gerren Llyngesoc, King of Dumnonia (born c.448) [Gerontius]
Lot Luwddoc, King of Gododdin (Born c.AD 470)
Urien Rheged, King of North Rheged (c.530-590)

Organizations
Research Center

The Richard Rawlinson Center for Anglo-Saxon Studies & Manuscript Research
Associations

Ansaxdat, the archives of the ANSAX-L discussion list
International Society of Anglo-Saxonists
Teachers of Old English in Britain and Ireland

Timelines

450-550
597-627
757-796
871-899
937. Battle of Brunanburh
978-1016
Batttle of Hastings, 1066

History

Surveys and Overviews

Anglo-Saxon England
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, tr. James Ingrahm, from OMACL
The Anglo-Saxon Advent
Athena Review 1,2: Saxon Shore Forts
The 5th Century Anglo-Saxon Invasion of England
from British Heritage.
Works of Gildas (c.504-570)
Sutton Hoo, from Britain Express
Saxon Britain 600-900 AD , from Britain Express
The Spread of Christianity

Early Christianity in Britain, from Britain Express
Anglo-Saxon Churches, from Britain Express
1014: St. Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester: Sermo Lupi ad Anglos [Latin and English Texts]

from British Heritage.
The Danes

The Coming of the Danes The Kingdom of York

The Vikings in York Maps

The Viking Kingdom of York
Jorvik and its Region
Scandinavian-named settlements in the Jorvik (York) region
Jorvik's (York's) Trade Routes in the British Isles
Jorvik's (York's) possible Trade Routes beyond the British Isles

King Oswald of Bernicia (r. 634/5-642). "Oswald and the Irish,", by Michelle Ziegler
Alfred "the Great" (871-901)

The Life of Alfred the Great, by Asser, bishop of Sherborne, from OMACL
Alfred the Great. London's Forgotten King, exhibition at the Museum of London, 1999-2000
The Chronicle of Ethelwerd, from the Internet Medieval Sourcebook
Gunthorm's Invasion of Wessex - Index
The Battle of Eddington, 878
Treaty Between Alfred and Gunthrum
England and the Danelaw
The Alfred Jewel and Lindisfarne Gospels, from Britain Express
Anglo-Saxon Burhs, from Britain Express

Egbert, 802-839, from BBC
1014: St. Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester: Sermo Lupi ad Anglos [Latin and English Texts] Canute the Great (1035-1042

King Canute the Great
Edward I "The Confessor (1042-10666]

A Brief Biography and Links, from Spartacus
Harold I Godwinson (1066-1066)

A Brief Biography and Links, from Spartacus
Battle of Stamford Bridge
Earl Godwin

Archaeology and Architecture

Contents of Anglo-Saxon Studies in Archaeology and History
Museum of London Archaeology Service
Anglo-Saxon London, from Britain Express
Anglo-Saxon Remains [the Lindisfarne Gospel, the Alfred Jewel]
Datasets [Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries]
Churches in Britain: An Introduction
Anglo-Saxon churches in England
Anglo-Saxon Churches in England, from Britain Express
Eriswell Saxon Dig-Archaeology
Anglo-Saxon Architecture in England, from Britain Express
Sutton Hoo
Regional and Local

Anglo-Saxon Derbyshire
Anglo-Saxon and Viking Yorkshire
West Stow Country Park and Anglo-Saxon Village - A Man-Made Landscape
Wichamstow Village
Military

Anglo-Saxon Military Organisation [Hillsdale]
Anglo-Saxon Arms & Armour [Hillsdale]
Daily Life

The Anglo-Saxon Calendar
Old English Pages: Early British Coinage
Food And Drink in Anglo-Saxon England
Anglo-Saxon Burhs, from Britain Express
Anglo-Saxon London - history, from Britain Express
Anglo-Saxon life, from Britain Express
Kinship and Lordship, from Britain Express
Arts and Crafts

Bone and Antler Work

Braid-Weaving

Glass and Amber Working

Houses and Furniture

Leatherwork

Pottery

Stoneworking

Woodworking

Charcoal burning

Bronzework

Iron Working

Non-ferrous Metalworking

Copper in the Middle Ages

Regional

Anglo-Saxon Derbyshire: Text Index
Anglo-Saxon and Viking Yorkshire
Saxon London

This index was constructed by Lynn H. Nelson at the University of Kansas and is updated on a continuing basis.

Bone and Antler Work	Braid-Weaving	Glass and Amber Working
Houses and Furniture	Leatherwork	Pottery
Stoneworking	Woodworking	Charcoal burning
Bronzework	Iron Working	Non-ferrous Metalworking
Copper in the Middle Ages