Archive for March 21st, 2011

Anglo-Saxon Women Before the Law: A Student Edition of Five Old English Lawsuits

Anglo-Saxon Women Before the Law: A Student Edition of Five Old English Lawsuits

The status of women under Old English law is among the most contested topics in Anglo-Saxon studies. The five charters edited here record lawsuits in which the principal litigants are women of different backgrounds.

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‘Sometimes I wish I’d never found that Hoard’: How sharing £3m find of Saxon gold led to a bitter feud

‘Sometimes I wish I’d never found that Hoard’: How sharing £3m find of Saxon gold led to a bitter feud

The two men have fallen out, despite sharing the multi-million-pound jackpot, and claim discovering the treasure has been a curse.

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‘Talking fires’ link iron age hillforts

‘Talking fires’ link iron age hillforts

A TEST to show how people in the Iron Age communicated using Welsh peaks was yesterday hailed a success.

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