Anglo Saxon Collection (page 5)

Battle of Hastings, 1066 (1070s). Harold IIs (c1022-1066) Anglo-Saxon troops (left) led by an armoured standard bearer and a warrior with an axe, confront Norman cavalryman armed with lances

King Alfred burning the cakes, 878 (1864). Legend has it that Alfred (849-899), offered shelter from the Danes by a woman at Athelney in the Somerset marshes

King Alfred burning the cakes, 878 (c1900). Legend has it that Alfred (849-899), offered shelter from the Danes by a woman at Athelney in the Somerset marshes

King Harold swears allegiance to William of Normandy, c1866. Artist: Daniel Maclise
Harold (1022?-1066), last Anglo-Saxon king of England, swears on hidden relics of saints to be William of Normandys man in England, watched by William, his wife Matilda

Death of Edward the Confessor, 1042 (1866). Artist: Daniel Maclise
Death of Edward the Confessor (c1003-66). Anglo-Saxon king of England from 1042. Edwards death. Illustration by Daniel Maclise for The Story of The Norman Conquest, London, 1866. Engraving

Anglo-Saxon square-headed brooch from a grave, 5th century
Anglo-Saxon square-headed brooch from an inhumation grave at Hornsea, east Yorkshire. Currently at the Yorkshire Archaeological Society Museum, York, 5th century

Anglo-Saxon glass necklace, 5th century
Anglo-Saxon necklace of mixed polychrome glass, plain glass and amber beads, from an inhumation grave at Hornsea, east Yorkshire

Anglo-Saxon radiate-headed brooch, 5th century
An Anglo-Saxon radiate-headed brooch with chip-carved decoration, inlaid with garnets. From a cemetery at Hornsea, east Yorkshire

The Ormside Bowl, an Anglo-Saxon bronze-gilt bowl
The Ormside Bowl. This artifact was buried at Ormside Churchyard, Yorkshire. It is Anglo-Saxon in origin, and has a bronze-gilt inner bowl with a silver-gilt outer sleeve

Norse dragon-prowed ship, c10th Century
Norse dragon-prowed ship. Anglo-Saxon manuscript, 10th Century. Now in the British Museum London

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