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The Age of Arthur

The Age of Arthur showcases the most recent research on the Arthurian and early Anglo-Saxon period.

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What part of Britain did King Arthur come from?

Locating King Arthur’s Country

Did the Romans found London?

What did the place-name Londinium originally signify?

Beowulf’s rune-encrusted sword

Why did the Anglo-Saxons write on early sword fittings?

Anglo-Saxon Britain and the Isle of the Dead

How long did memories of the goddess Nehalennia last?

Why write a book on King Arthur and the languages of Britain?

What linguistic analysis of the Welsh annals reveals

Did Franks participate in the Anglo-Saxon migrations?

The Chessell Down and Loveden Hill inscriptions

King Arthur and the origins of bardic poetry

How old is the list of his battles?

Hengist and the Treachery of the Long Knives

How old is the story of the Saxon massacre of the Britons?

The origin of the Jutes

How the people who founded Kent received their name

The death of King Arthur

How astronomy and climate science brought him back to life

The origin of Edinburgh

The Celtic kings of Castle Rock

When was English first spoken?

The story of the Weser runes

Who was Arthur’s opponent at the Battle of Mount Badon?

Cerdic and the foundation of Wessex

How Hengist and Horsa defeated the sceptics

Do historians know if the two Jutish leaders really existed?

The first Scottish mention of King Arthur

How old is the Gododdin?

The origin of the war god Tiw

Deciphering the Ženjak B inscription

Where does the name of Britain come from?

Why etymologies found in reference books are often unreliable

Were the Anglo-Saxons a Germanic people?

Why some German archaeologists think that the idea is wrong

King Arthur and the pagan origins of the Mabinogion

What does King Arthur have to do with the ancient Celtic god Maponus?

Did a Saxon invent the runes?

What Scandinavian experts don’t want you to know