Alfred the Great died on 26 October 899. This famous text presents his thoughts on wisdom, the benefits of education, and his programme to 'translate certain books - those which are most necessary for all to know - into the language we can all understand': https://t.co/R2KijN0DFF
If you, dear reader, want to be polished with morals and manners,
if you want the esteem of worthy men, or want to lead a
civilised life among noble lords, to be a shrewd overseer
of your property, keep these everlasting verses in mind...
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Today is one of the feasts of St Oda the Good, who died in 958. The son of a Viking warrior who had settled in England, Oda rose to become Archbishop of Canterbury, and legend said that he saved the life of King Æthelstan at the Battle of Brunanburh https://t.co/OPT5jzzz4W
Well, it took a while, but Ep. 82 is finally here -- our longest regular episode to date, looking at three texts related to to the persecution of Jews during the Black Death. https://t.co/BHNAYY1Z1r
Frankish swords have been found across the Viking world. The 10th-century Arab writer, Ibn Fadlan, remarked that the Vikings in Russia carried Frankish swords. The best-known Frankish blades bear the name of a smith called Ulfberht.
Carsten Snejbjerg, National Museum of Denmark.