General
History
All Things Food Related
How to Make . . .
People
The Church
Law
The Anglo-Saxons
The Vikings
 

 

Welcome to my Information pages.
   Here I shall share with you the many documents I've created for my own use, members of the group I used to belong to and my business.
Over the years since I left the re-enactment world, I have created a few more pages of historical interest, and I am adding to this index all the time.

 

General
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Anglo-Saxon Commands Battle commands from the Anglo-Saxon period 7th - 9th centuries
Names A very brief guide to some Anglo-Saxon Names and their word elements (ongoing)
A 'Living History' Encampment
Useful Books A list of the books I have found helpful
Suppliers
Trees A list of trees native to East Anglia and some details about them
Tasks A list of Anglo-Saxon tasks (ongoing)

 

History
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Timeline  
The East Angles - A Brief History of the Dark-Ages
Dark-Age Battles A listing of some of the battles of the Dark-Ages.
The Doomsday (Domesday) Book  

 

All Things Food Related
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Dark-Age Cookbook Modern recipes from which I have removed the anachronistic items, i.e. the potatoes and orange carrots etc. All have been tested and taste very nice.
A Guide to the Seasonality of English Foods in the Dark-Ages 'does what it says on the tin'
Late Saxon Kitchen Contents of the Late Saxon mobile kitchen.

 

How to Make . . .
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Mead  
A Bone Comb
Bread A Roman bread recipe
A Table A collapsable table for travelling
Butter  
Cheese  

 

People
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Saint Edmund, King and Martyr A very brief history of this famous Englishman, former patron saint of England.
Eleanor of Aquitaine A brief history.

 

The Church
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The Rule of St Benedict Some brief details on when the order was formed and the development of their dress.
St. Benet's Abbey of Hulme  

 

Law
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How to Become an Outlaw  

 

The Anglo-Saxons
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Conjectural Reconstructions of the Costume of the Anglo-Saxon Nobility A document produced for an event organised by John Chatwin of The English Companions.
The Book of Kells  
Anglo-Saxon Documents A list of important Anglo-Saxon Documents with details about them (ongiong)
The Lindisfarne Gospels  
Riddles
Anglo Saxon Tents The evidence for and explanation of them
The Anglo Saxon Warrior . . .
. . . His Weapons and Armour
Medicines A table of Anglo-Saxon medical stuff

 

The Vikings
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Viking Clothes Some brief details on Vikings clothes.
Viking Ships An information page about the types of Viking ship; their uses and methods of sailing.
Viking Tents An information page about Viking tents.
Vikings! An information page briefly describing how, when and where the Vikings came to England.
The Danelaw  
Viking Filed their Teeth!
The First Viking Raid
Words of Norse Origin

 

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