Saxon Sins: Why Charlemagne did not Start the Viking Age
#Saxons
Saxon Sculptures, Chichester Cathedral, Sussex, 1928 - WH Barrett Postcard
#Scythe à 4. Les #Rusviets ont gagné sans avoir leurs 6 objectifs. Et les #Suedois qui ont déclenché la fin de partie finirent 3eme.
Ce fut bien tendu. Les #Saxons ne se sont pas battus 🙄.
#J2S #boardgames #paintingminis #figurines
The thing about the Time Meddler is it’s nearly impossible to see it with the surprise as it would have been on broadcast. Elizabeth Sandifer (Tardis Eruditorum) argues the story should be called The Saxons or at least The Watcher (first episode title).
While it’s a trope now, before this point historicals didn’t have sci-fi elements in them. Finding another time traveller was a true shock!
#ClassicWho #DoctorWho #1stDoctor #WilliamHartnell #Saxons #TimeMeddler #TheMonk
Old church ruins on a #SilentSunday
Ruins of the church on the Borberg.
It is located on a 600 metre high mountain plateau in the middle of a much older Saxon rampart complex.
The first construction phase dates back to the 10th century.
It was one of the first churches in my homeland.
I live below the Borberg and can reach this place in about 30 minutes on foot.
In my spare time, I give talks about the church and the ramparts and explain their history: https://www.derborberg.de/mythen-sagen-forschung/
#Borberg #Borbergkirchhof #Ruine #ruin #cemetery #church #history #Geschichte #Kirche #Kirchenruine #Wall #Wallanlage #rampart #saxons #Sachsen #Karolinger #Mittelalter #MiddleAges #medieval #Carolingian #Ruinen #ruins #Brilon #Olsberg #Kirchhof
Ruins of the church on the Borberg.
It is located on a 600 metre high mountain plateau in the middle of a much older Saxon rampart complex.
The first construction phase dates back to the 10th century.
It was one of the first churches in my homeland.
I live below the Borberg and can reach this place in about 30 minutes on foot.
In my spare time, I give talks about the church and the ramparts and explain their history: https://www.derborberg.de/mythen-sagen-forschung/
#Borberg #Borbergkirchhof #Ruine #ruin #cemetery #church #history #Geschichte #Kirche #Kirchenruine #Wall #Wallanlage #rampart #saxons #Sachsen #Karolinger #Mittelalter #MiddleAges #medieval #Carolingian #Ruinen #ruins #Brilon #Olsberg #Kirchhof
Just putting this out there. It is increasingly apparent to me that this old Germanic lore — what is commonly called Norse paganism — is centred on a specific people and geographic region.
#paganism #germanicpaganism #unpopularopinion #midgard #germany #europe #Saxons #spirituality #selfie
Drought triggered rebellion and barbarian invasion in Roman Britain, study finds
A newly published study by researchers from the University of Cambridge reveals that a catastrophic three-year drought led to a massive rebellion known as the “Barbarian Conspiracy” in Roman Britain around 367 CE...
More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/04/drought-triggered-invasion-in-roman-britain/
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#archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #romanbritain #saxons #picts #Scotti #romanempire
Wansdyke - defensive rampart & ditch to keep the Saxons out (didn't work).
#photography #Wansdyke #Wiltshire #Saxons
Camelot.
Well, Cadbury Castle has been associated with Arthurian legend since Tudor times (possibly because of the nearby River Camel).
But it was an iron-age hillfort, refortified at the time of the 6thC - so it's Artherish.
#photography #Camelot #CadburyCastle #hillfort #IronAge #Saxons #Arthur #Somerset
“There had been homes here, huts, before the Normans had come. They had started to build them, those tall men of Saxon blood, but they were gone now. Long ago burned and desecrated by the Norman invaders. Now the only thing left of them were the ghosts, and they didn’t like to talk about it.” #fanfiction #fanfic #fanart #GhostsBBC #Saxons #thehobbit
Well, in this #Election almost 3/4 of all citizens have visited the ballots, and casted their #Vote. But as much as we hoped, almost 1/3 of those people obviously thought that #Buchenwald was a good idea.
The #Nazis won.
What a #Shame …
(Even the #Saxons voted better, and the more #East you go there, the more brown it usually gets…)
Oldest church in the New Forest
Buried: An Alternative History of the First Millennium in Britain by osteoarchaeologist Alice Roberts is the second book in her trilogy that unpacks Britain’s history through skeletal remains. #History #Vikings #Saxons #RomanBritain #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/review/398/buried-an-alternative-history-of-the-first-millenn/
So my local research took me to Germany! #HobbyHorse #HoodenHorse #Schimmelreiter #Klapperbock & #Claus #Kent #Thanet #Germany #Saxons
https://pommerngeschichte.de/schnabbuk-bullkater-und-schimmelreiter/
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#BLABBERMOUTH
SAXON's BIFF BYFORD: 'There's Been A Massive Resurgence In Metal'
https://blabbermouth.net/news/saxons-biff-byford-theres-been-a-massive-resurgence-in-metal
Today's poem:
William I - 1066
- by Eleanor Farjeon
https://www.tumblr.com/ukdamo/735950451612188672/william-i-1066?source=share
#NormanConquest #WilliamI #saxons #curfew #humour #doggerel #poetry #EleanorFarjeon
Bugger!
So I've found the perfect place to plant this little Oak sapling (Quercus Astlandii)
While digging, I thought I'd hit a brick or maybe some foundations from the old lodge that occupied the land before houses were built here.
It appears to be an old Saxon post reinforcement for an old Saxon washing line. (assuming they had concrete in Saxon times :-)
The Saxon Wars (772-804) were a series of conflicts between the Franks under Charlemagne, who sought to conquer Saxony and convert the populace to Christianity, and the Saxons who resisted. #History #Saxons #SaxonWars #Charlemagne #HistoryFacts https://www.worldhistory.org/Saxon_Wars/
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