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"My thane, the ships are all ready. Whom are we going to raid this time? Saxons? Or maybe the Franks?"

Winter Viking warmaiden. My first entry using new model for 's

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Hengist and Horsa - Anglo-Saxons coming over here in little boats.

Now all whining their heads off anyone should dare have the gall to do the same

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THERES A RAT ON MY SWEATER!!!

IYKYK!!!

also kind of salty Paramore wasn’t one of the album selections but it’d still cool nonetheless

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this is sooo funnyy and cuute, loll

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Do you want a story? About eels & faith? Drought & death? Fishing? Alright then!

In his Historia Ecclesiastica, Bede tells us aout Bishop Wilfrid's conversion of the South Saxons, who were having problems with their eels.

And you know: eel problems are *real* problems. 1/7

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How to recognise an Anglo-Saxon church (pre-1066)

All English churches are palimpsests modified by every generation.

But here's a few ways to tell if you're looking at something built by the Anglo-Saxons ->

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According to Venerable Bede, April is known as Eostremonath, named for Eostre, a goddess whom the Anglo-Saxons honored in the spring. Eostre is associated with fertility, spring, flowers, and her animal symbol of a bunny.
Wishing all my friends a Happy Easter!
🐇🥀🥚🥰💖

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Return of Earl Godwine, 1052: Earl Godwine may have had a humiliating experience finding himself exiled in the fall of 1051, but by many accounts his absence made the Saxons appreciate him like never before. https://t.co/hDqGYhpTrA /

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Return of Earl Godwine, 1052: Earl Godwine may have had a humiliating experience finding himself exiled in the fall of 1051, but by many accounts his absence made the Saxons appreciate him like never before. https://t.co/hDqGYhpTrA

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"A distinct language is often the crucible inside which a rebellious identity can achieve boiling point."

on Britain before the Saxons, Arthur before Malory dressed him up like Tudor cosplay, and BOOK OF HOURS.

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red hood. or "little red riding hood" for anglosaxons.

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On this a theory for why the English like ghost stories at Christmas: This may be based on an old custom. In the 8thC St Bede wrote that Anglo-Saxons left food on tables overnight during the Xmas season so that visiting spirits could partake of the feast……

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Egbert, king of the West Saxons, his son Æthelwulf, and king Beorhtric, with a man on stilts playing a pipe with an animal-head. 🤔

BL Royal 14 B V; Genealogical roll chronicle of the English Kings; 13th century; England; Membrane 1

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