Anglo-Saxon runes (Futhorc): history, characteristics and uses Anglo-Saxon runes Anglo-Saxon runes (Futhorc) are an expanded runic alphabet used to write Old English and Old Frisian, adapted from the Elder Futhark and found on inscriptions and artifacts from la…
Battle of the Winwaed (655) — clash between Penda of Mercia and Oswiu of Northumbria Battle of the Winwaed Decisive 15 November 655 battle in which King Oswiu defeated Penda of Mercia; it ended Mercian hegemony and altered the balance of power in early Anglo‑Saxon England.
Bede: the Venerable Anglo‑Saxon Monk, Historian and Scholar Bede Bede (c.672/3–735) was an Anglo‑Saxon monk at Monkwearmouth‑Jarrow, author of the Ecclesiastical History of the English People and an influential early historian, teacher and chron…
