The Vikings, like the Anglo-Saxons, fought on foot (not horseback) and in battle formed a ‘shield-wall’ where they locked ... A famous Anglo-Saxon poem called The Battle of Maldon celebrated ...

In 1939 a series of mounds at Sutton Hoo in England revealed their astounding contents: the remains of an Anglo-Saxon funerary ship ... among them a circular shield. In the center of the chamber ...