6. F2012 Worshiping and Living in Anglo-Saxon England
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Worshiping and Living in Anglo-Saxon England
Summary of Video: Work and Faith
• Classes– Bretwalda: Unofficial “Britain Ruler”– Kings: Royal halls cf. Yeavering– Thegns– Ceorls – Free farmers– Slaves – War and lack of economic support
• Faith – Trickle down from king– Mixture of Christian and pagan practices and
symbols
Fleming, M. P. and R. C. Clarke 1998. Physical evidence for the antiquity of Cannabis sativa L. (Cannabaceae). Journal of the International Hemp Association 5(2): 80-92
Anglo-Scandinavian stirrup10th centuryOrigins• Scythian hypothesis• Known in China 523 CE• Avars in Romania 556
CE• Franks 8th C.• Stirrup found in Vendel
III grave 7th-8th century• England - 10th C.
Scythian bracelet
Jennifer Paxton
Yeavering
• Site of late prehistoric hill-fort• Royal ‘Palace’
– Rectangular halls– Largest 300 m2
• Pagan temple• Auditorium
Yeavering layout
Yeavering: Great Hall - Palace
Yeavering
Yeavering – ‘Temple’
Bamburgh• Earliest burials – British style
(long cyst)• Later burials Christian wo grave
goods 560-730• One with knife born in Iona or
northern Ireland• Others from west
Northumberland, Cumbria or the Borders region
Anglo-Saxon Agriculture
• How did the Anglo-Saxons adapt Germanic subsistence practices to the new British environment?
• Did they introduce new breeds of animals and new animal husbandry or did they adopt local animal husbandry strategies?
Food – Animals at West Stow, Suffolk
Sickle
Plough- Ard or Light
Plough – Heavy plough
Lyminge, Kent7th C. (570-650)
Heights of English males
Studying the bones
• Osteoarthritis• Schmorl’s nodes• Low rates of tooth loss, caries• Dental attrition• One cemetery (Worthy Park) average #
children/woman 2.3• Age at death (7 cemeteries)
– Male 37.4 Female 35.2
Predominantly Males
Compassionate Care
Burwell, Cambridgeshire, 7th century
Anglo-Saxons and Leprosy
Pagan• Beckford – 6th C. - w. spear, bucket and knife• Burwell• Barrington, Cam. – 500-650 - high status womanChristian• Norwich, St John the Baptist – 10-11th C. -35 lepers,
isolated