So, what are these arguments against the term’s use that so easily broke the massed ranks of academics like a flimsy shield wall? Well, there are two: that “Anglo-Saxon” was “hardly used ...

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There have been the "all is wells" from the likes of José Manuel Barroso, president of the EU commission-the man who boasted in February that the euro was "a protective shield" against the crisis.

Anglo-Saxon kings had headed England since ... When they reached Hastings on October 13, they formed a shield wall on the hill of Senlac. At dawn the next day, before Harold could organize his ...

From striking on the battlefield to ruling Kattegat with intellect and shielding her family with fierce loyalty, Lagertha, the shield maiden of Vikings, proved that she was not just part of Viking his ...

A university has removed the term Anglo-Saxon from module titles in a bid to 'decolonise the curriculum.' The University of Nottingham is removing the expression from a number of courses ...

A shield, two spears and an arrow were hung on the tomb's south wall. Finally, researchers found the first ever complete remains of an Anglo-Saxon lyre. The instrument had mostly decayed ...

it's like facing an Anglo-Saxon shield wall. Apart from creating a negative atmosphere, bringing a laptop into a meeting is also a barrier to concentration: there's always the temptation to check ...

a seventh-century palace where Anglo-Saxon kings such as Edwin, Oswald and Oswiu held court in a vast complex of timber buildings, around 70 miles north of Hadrian’s Wall. Aerial photographs led ...

The surprising discovery of an Anglo ... one of the wall trenches. The quality of its design, style, and craftsmanship indicate that it most likely belonged to an important Anglo-Saxon warrior ...

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