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1 day ago · Anglo-Saxon paganism was not based on faith, but on rituals intended to bring benefits to individuals and the community. As kingship developed, it probably came into conflict with the entrenched priestly class.
3 days ago · History of England. Anglo-Saxon England or Early Medieval England, existing from the 5th to the 11th centuries from soon after the end of Roman Britain until the Norman Conquest in 1066, consisted of various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms until 927, when it was united as the Kingdom of England by King Æthelstan (r. 927–939).
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5 days ago · The British Library’s new exhibition ‘Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Art, Word, War’ is a celebration of Anglo-Saxon culture and learning, mainly represented though the texts produced during that period. The education and skill of the Anglo-Saxons shines brightly, and the exhibition charts their development from their original Germanic roots ...
1 day ago · Wiccan priestess, United States. Scholars of religious studies classify Wicca as a new religious movement, [2] and more specifically as a form of modern Paganism. [3] Wicca has been cited as the largest, [4] best known, [5] most influential, [6] and most academically studied form of modern Paganism. [7]
5 days ago · “Wrong,” because paganism only became a “religion” when it met Christianity: before that, it was an unquestioned collection of the most diverse rites and legends, which required no “faith” but mere action, and which was tied to the experience of nature to such an extent that doubt about the “truth” of those ideas could not even ...
3 days ago · Episcopal Culture in Late Anglo-Saxon England. Woodbridge, Boydell & Brewer, 2007, ISBN: 9781843832836; 264pp.; Price: £50.00. Bishops, in theory the central figures in the Anglo-Saxon Church, have received polarized, and sometimes unbalanced, treatment from its historians. Reacting against the assumption—drawn uncritically from universal ...
3 days ago · The Wealth of Anglo-Saxon England. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2013, ISBN: 9780199253937; 168pp.; Price: £25.00. Peter Sawyer is one of our most distinguished Anglo-Saxon or, perhaps better, Anglo-Scandinavian historians. His annotated list of Anglo-Saxon charters, now revised by Susan Kelly, available online and happily known as ‘the ...
