England: Anglo-Saxon
Treasures,
Maldon Battle Site,
Burial Mounds at
Sutton Hoo
 If
you want to see Anglo-Saxon treasures, weapons, tools, pots and pans,
tableware, jewellery, art, books and
battlefields, of course the first place you need to go is England.
These
pages share some of the artifacts and scenes I found while pursuing Beowulf studies
during a brief visit to England last summer (2007). There are brief
reports on the Sutton Hoo treasures in the British
Museum, London;
the battlefield where Byrhtnoth met his end
at Maldon; and
the burial mounds and Display Centre at Sutton Hoo.
You
don't want to hear about my family, but I do have some beloved
English relatives, people of Irish, Scots, Anglo-Saxon,
and viking ancestry and who knows what else. They
kindly helped get me to interesting sites and
discoveries.
Each of the four "country" sites
takes you to a few samples of the riches available for reaching a
deeper understanding of Beowulf.
If you're here strictly on Beowulf business,
you'll want to skip "A Quick Look Round" where I share a few shots of
the cities, towns, and countryside I saw on my travels.
If
you'd rather search in Scandinavia, click on one of these links:
Copenhagen,
Roskilde and Lejre:Goteborg, Gamla Uppsala, Vallentuna, Stockholm:Oslo, Bygdoy and Bergen:Norway-Beowulf-resources Or, Stay in England-Beowulf
resources and go to:
Copyright: You may
use the materials on this site for an essay or for private Beowulf
study, but not commercially. Do credit
your source!
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