Lectures for Baltic and St Petersburg Cruise on the Ocean Countess July 2011 ANGLO-SAXONS AND VIKINGS – THE MAKING OF ENGLAND Lecture 1 The Germans are Coming Outline of Lecture Series The first five lectures cover the period of the history of England from the C5th to the C11th, some 600 years from the departure… Read more »
When the final version of my PhD was accepted by the University of London I had removed a long section on the early Anglo-Saxon queens and other royal women. I was told this was worthy of an MPhil but not PhD material. As it no longer forms part of the thesis it is not subject… Read more »
This tour starts at 2:45 each day and lasts about 40 minutes. Following the reopening of the Early Mediaeval Gallery, Room 41, in Spring 2014 the tour has been updated to include both early and late objects from Mediaeval Europe. The tour starts at the end of the Roman Empire with the dazzling Esquiline Treasure from Rome… Read more »