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Anglo-Scandinavian Knife from Yorkshire Museum
Knife blade with bone handle with incised ring and dot ornament and two bands of cross-hatching. More detail can be found at http://www.yorkmuseumstrust.org.uk/
Article about 'Understanding the Heysham Hogback' by Thor Ewing
Online article hosted on the website of writer and historian Thor Ewing giving his take on the tenth-century hogback from Heysham in Lancashire. Hogbacks - seemingly a distinctively Anglo-Norse style of grave marker - are some of the most discussed…
Anglo-Scandinavian Spur in the Ashmolean Museum
Spur, tinned iron. Anglo-Scandinavian, 900-1150. York, Yorkshire. AN 1961.423
Pair of Anglo-Scandinavian Stirrups from the Ashmolean Museum
Pair of non-matching stirrups, iron and brass, excavated near Magdalen Bridge in Oxford. Anglo-Scandinavian, 950-1050.
Anglo-Scandinavian Silver Bracelet in the Ashmolean Museum
Silver bracelet, Anglo-Scandinavian. 900-1050. Long Wittenham, Oxfordshire.
Viking Imitations of King Alfred Coins in the Ashmolean Museum
Viking imitations of King Alfred the Great coins, from around 880. HCR7915 and HCR7916
Coin of Guthrum in the Ashmolean Museum
Coin of Guthrum (christened Æthelstan II) from East Anglia, 880-890.
St Edmund Memorial Coinage in the Ashmolean Museum
Saint Edmund Memorial Coinage, produced in East Anglia 896-910 by the East-Anglian Vikings, and imitating coins produced during Edmund's reign. HCR7805 and HCR7803
Sievert-Siefred-Cnut coin (York Mint) in the Ashmolean Museum
Sievert-Siefred-Cnut group coin, Northumbria (York Mint). 895-902. HCR7871 & HCR7920
Reading list for essay question on Norse mythological material in Beowulf
Essay Title: ‘The incorporation of Norse mythological material in Beowulf is nothing more than a random assortment of half-remembered stories.’ Discuss.