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Saxondaeg II

An event to be held by invitation at Ǽfenheorð in October
Visit the ever-expanding Setting page.  And the Dramatis Personae for the current lineup of professions and names. And a page on Mundane Considerations.
The Summary of the Saxondaeg 2006
Schedule for Saxondæg II.
Handouts
Printable stuff we've put together to help with the event.
The Invitation Lexicon Pronunciation Guide
Social Context: Status Money
General
For access to every single Saxon-related link I've scrounged, click here.
Essays about Anglo-Saxon life from the Raven's Warband.
While nearly a century old (and spanning hundreds of years of culture), the article on the Anglo Saxons from the Encyclopedia Britannica has some useful info.
Locale Links
Map of England in the time of AEthelstan
Wikipedia article on  Hampshire and the History of Hampshire.
Brief but useful note on early Winchester. And a note on Andover. And something on Whitchurch.
Historical Winchester links.
Old Hampshire Gazetteer features name origins, descriptions and old maps. 
South Downs Virtual Information Centre  has useful factsheets on the ecology and archeology of the area.
A map of the general location of the farm.
Society Links
The webpage for the living history group Regia Anglorum is tremendously useful. Here are some articles especially worth reading:
  Class
Anglo-Saxon social organization: know your thegns from your theows.
Anglo-Saxon military organization
Basic Clothing Guide from Regia.
  Occupations
Check out the Village of Wichamstow, for an idea of possible professions.
 Laws
A Wikipedia overview of Anglo-Saxon law.
Some of the Laws of Athelstan's time.  And more laws.
  Names
Some of the links have gone cold, but the first one is all you'll probably need.
An excellent list of Anglo Saxon, Viking, and Welsh names from Regia Anglorum.

The First Thousand Years of British Names

Medieval Naming Guides which is probably replicated elsewhere in this section.
Anglo Saxon Names compiled from Bede's A History of the English Church and People
A list of Anglo-Saxon people recorded in selected reference works.  From the Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England
Anglo-Saxon names gleaned from Bede.
History of Anglo-Saxon Names.
Anglo-Saxon women's names from charters.
Female given names from A Dictionary of English Surnames.
Male and Female Saxon names from 20,000 Names website.
A chart showing the Descent of the Anglo-Saxon Kings "from Noah."  Useful for names.
A list of Anglo-Saxon nobility.
Links to the King
Note that the king's name is spelled various ways.  
The Reign of Æthelstan.
Wikipedia article on Athelstan
Extant Charters signed by Athelstan: useful in that it pins down his location at a given time.
Anglo-Saxon.net's writeup of Æthelstan.
List of the kings of England, starting from the House of Wessex.
Projects
    Food
Article on Food and Drink, and one of Feasting and Fasting, from the Regia site.
Margarita's Anglo-Saxon Menu, drawn from these recipes from the British Museum Cookbook.
Anglo Saxon Cooking threads collected on the florilegium.
A SCA version of a Saxon feast from an Ohio event in June.
Experiments in bread ovens:  turf oven from Regia,  cloche from Dragon's Laire, a cobb oven, clay ovens in UK and Germany, steel and concrete version from Lillies '99.  Also, an SCA bread FAQ, with a link to useful books on period cookery.
"Cereals and plant food: a reassessment of the Saxon economic evidence from Wessex."  From Environment and Economy in Anglo-Saxon England -- look through it, it has some useful stuff.
A Bibliography for Agriculture and Food History.
     Pottery
Regia's article on pottery.
     Charcoal
Regia's article on making charcoal.
Charcoal making: Not period tools, but from-scratch nonetheless.
Gummit Document on making charcoal.
    Other
A project on iron age soap.
Want more?
Anglo Saxon stuff: links for clothes, history, books, weapons and on and on.
Anglo Saxon poetry
To whet your appetite for learning, here is our Anglo-Saxon Library, updated on 9/19/07.

Saxondæg participants, check out the Geárdagaseld Forum.

Page was last updated on 10/01/2007

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