Monthly Archives: May 2015

Copper stycas, 840s AD For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Æthelred_II_of_Northumbria

Here is some further information regarding Bede’s text and the story of Coifi; http://www.ccel.org/ccel/bede/history.v.ii.xiii.html?highlight=coifi#highlight Baptism of Edwin according to Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People, book II chapter 14: http://www.ccel.org/ccel/bede/history.v.ii.xiv.html?highlight=edwin,york#highlight Bede’s World Museum, Jarrow http://www.bedesworld.co.uk/the-museum/ Baptism of Edwin in York, … Continue reading →

For the most recent discoveries under the Minster in 2013, see: http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/10212660.Remarkable_new_finds_below_York_Minster/ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2246974/York-Minster-Paved-Roman-backstreet-walked-early-Christian-worshippers-discovered-archaeological-dig.html

For more information: http://www.yorkmuseumstrust.org.uk/collections/search/item/?id=2812&search_query=c2VhcmNoX3RleHQ9Y2FzdGxlK3lhcmQraGFuZ2luZytib3ds http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging_bowl

For more information about: 1. A recent discovery near Leiden is evidence for Frisian trade: http://disputedpast.com/news/early-medieval-bowl-shows-frisian-international-position-early-medieval-frisians/ 2. The Frisians: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frisians

For more information: WEB Fishergate, Fulford, and Heslington Local History Society http://ffhyork.weebly.com

For more information: http://www.yorkshiremuseum.org.uk/collections-2/collections-highlights/numismatics/

Image courtesy of York Museums Trust : http://yorkmuseumstrust.org.uk :: CC BY-SA 4. Further information: https://www.york.ac.uk/ipup/resources/tours/roman-york-audio-tour/

Eoforwic was the name for York during the four and a half centuries between Roman York and the Viking city. This period, the Anglian (or Anglo-Saxon) era was long, yet there are few visible reminders of it in the modern … Continue reading →