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