unpublished linguistic research by Anglo-Saxon clothing and textiles specialist Professor Gale Owen-Crocker suggests that early Anglo-Saxon bishops did indeed wear headgear known as a hufe.

Brooches were pinned to clothes to make them look nice and to hold them up, like a safety pin. All their stories were told to them by their friends and family. Anglo-Saxons loved tales about brave ...

Say the term “Anglo-Saxon” to most people, and they’re likely to picture the Smashing Saxons from Horrible Historiesor the protagonists of Bernard Cornwell’s The Last Kingdom. In the ...

Though almost all of the Anglo-Saxon prince's body had long since decayed ... Based on the positioning of these and other clothing fasteners, researchers estimate that the deceased was 5 feet ...

What exactly it was used for is open to debate, although it's been speculated to be jewellery, a fragment of clothing or even part of a knife. The Anglo-Saxons were a people who inhabited Britain ...

In the archaeology of early Anglo-Saxon England, weaponry ... were both parts of seventh century feminine clothing. We will never know exactly who this person was, or how they fit into their ...

👀Check out some of the amazing Anglo-Saxon finds from the @UniShefArch ... and wore exquisitely decorated brooches to fasten their clothing,” he added.

It was hailed as one of the most exciting archaeological finds in Britain in decades: an undisturbed Anglo-Saxon burial chamber ... The style of clothing buckles and the presence of weapons ...

Others adhered to the Anglo-Saxon tradition, within which burials often included items such as clothes fasteners and knives. Image A lead-lined coffin, which was found as part of the dig ...