History Dark Ages: know who they were and how they lived

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History about Brytenwalda Times (6 to 8th century).
For those who wish to learn more, and dive into the fascinating world of The Dark Ages.

In this thread you can post books, documentaries, films, articles, opinions...


-->Michael Wood On Beowulf - Documental about Beowulf legend. 2009.
Language - English.
Where? - Page 1.

--> Who was King Penda? - Article about famous King Penda de Mierce (future Mercia)
Language - English
Where - Page 1.

--> History of northern europe videos - http://www.youtube.com/user/germanicfolc
Language - German.

--> Sources for know Brytenwalda Times - ancient and moders sources.
Where: Page 1

--> Saxon Gold: Finding the Hoard - impresive Documental with recreation group.
Where: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW9-pfL6b5E

--> Saxon, pictish, briton and irish dark ages names - links.
Where: Page 1

--> 1066 - The Battle For Middle Earth - Viking times, but interesting Drak Ages film
Where: http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,143367.0.html

--> Battle of Hastings English Heritage Official Event Video - 3000 re-enactors
Where: http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,152041.0.html

--> Documental: Warriors, Viking Terror - Who was / How fight the vikings
Where: http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,152622.0.html

--> Books - Two interesting books
Where: http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,137201.msg3721572.html#msg3721572

--> Saxon, pictish, briton and irsh medieval names: - Look a name for your character
Where: http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/topic,137201.msg3379766.html#msg3379766

--> Viking Answer Lady Webpage: - A lot of documentation about vikings
Where: http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/index.shtml

--> Secrets of the Dark Ages Barbarians In a time of shadows: - A lot of documentation about angles and saxons invasion
Where: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KybL1mkHvKI


 
Impresive documental of Michael Wood about Beowulf.

If you like dark ages and you want learn most, you shouldnt lose it. Know like lived Brytenwalda people!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OuMG0H_uSU&feature=related
2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXmCfXLgnGY&feature=related
3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iSAcusDXkI&feature=related
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkV56wkwG00&feature=related
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zotM7C0SsXs&feature=related
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cPeyJ1JS2Y&feature=related
7
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlOZWspn0d8&feature=related
8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O2B9KqSJlM&feature=related
9
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S297beuqdk&feature=related


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Who was King Penda?

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Penda is a import king in Brytenwalda. Before talk to him, you should know who he is.
He did Mercia!

Impresive article about who was Penda: http://www.tha-engliscan-gesithas.org.uk/archives/penda-of-mercia

Map early VII Century

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Good idea with some history lessons.  :smile:
I had no idea King Penda's Mercia reached as far as the southern coast.
Interesting to read how Penda was the last heathen king,
and yet there were other kings who never quite left behind their heathen ways, and were even buried/burned by them.
 
Adorno said:
Good idea with some history lessons.  :smile:
I had no idea King Penda's Mercia reached as far as the southern coast.
Interesting to read how Penda was the last heathen king,
and yet there were other kings who never quite left behind their heathen ways, and were even buried/burned by them.

We are told King Raedwald of the East Englas maintained a shrine to Christ and a shrone to "Devils" by Bede, which presumably means the pagan gods. If Sutton Hoo truly is his burial site, he also has what modern people would think of as a pretty "pagan" burial, but with lots of very Christian objects, like a pair of silver baptismal spoons.
 
check out this dudes youtube channel if ya want history of northern europe

http://www.youtube.com/user/germanicfolc
 
Some sources for know Brytenwalda Times:


any Ancient Sources,

anglo saxon chronicle - Beda
Briton poems: Cane Heledd (i had it traduction to spanish if somebody want it) and Y Goddodin.
Saxon poem: Beowulf.

Others sources (osprey is divulgtion, good for begin)

[osprey] - (warrior 005) - anglo - saxon thegn 449 - 1066 ad
[osprey] - war050 - pictish warrior ad297-841
[osprey] - men at arms - 085 - saxon, viking and norman
[Osprey] FOR-014 - Fortifications In Wessex c. 800-1066


if you need bibliografy most special:

-"English and Welsh diccionary" - Daniel Silvan
-Roman Britain - stanley Ireland.
-History of the Anglo Saxons - british autors
-Driscoll, Stephen - Picts And Prehistory-Cultural Resource Management In Early Medieval Scotland
-Irish Battles - A Military History Of Ireland
-Historic Scotland - Picts, Gaels & Scots
-[Boydell] Britons in Anglo-Saxon England


Webs:

http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/
http://www.earlybritishkingdoms.com/bios/ridercsc.html
http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/FeaturesBritain/BritishMapAD550.htm
http://www.libraryireland.com/SocialHistoryAncientIreland/Contents.php
http://www.focalfactory.eu/solasanlae/history/chap1.htm
http://www.exclassics.com/ceitinn/for118.htm
http://www.regia.org/village.htm
http://hefenfelth.wordpress.com/early-medieval-kings/
http://www.kmatthews.org.uk/history/texts.html
http://www.heorot.dk/beo-intro-rede.html
http://www.peiraeuspubliclibrary.com/names/europa/picts.html
http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/marieke/anglosaxonfem/
http://www2.kenyon.edu/AngloSaxonRiddles/
http://www.roman-britain.org/rb_towns.htm
http://www.britannia.com/
http://www.romanmap.com/htm/ravcosm/rav.htm
 
Don't forget about Vortigern Studies: http://www.vortigernstudies.org.uk/vortigernhomepage.htm

Interesting books I own about this period:
Battles of the Dark Ages, by Peter Marren
Pendragon, The Definitive Account of the Origins of Arthur, by Steve Blake and Scott Lloyd
In Search of the Dark Ages, by Michael Wood
Britain AD, by Francis Pryor (too extravagant IMO)
AD 500, by Simon Young (presented as a novel, but very very very fun and interesting)
 
Saxon, pictish, briton and irsh medieval names:

http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/eng-anci.php
http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/irish.shtml
http://www.peiraeuspubliclibrary.com/names/europa/picts.html
http://heatherrosejones.com/names/pictish/
http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/pceltic.shtml
http://heraldry.sca.org/names/frisianmasc.html
 
Did you use Google translator or something, Idibil? Not trying to sound rude but your posts are almost unreadable half the time.

Theshadowbehindme said:
Just watched this one
Saxons
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awv3oBJ9NXA&feature=related

Worst "documentary" ever.
 
SirDCC said:
Came across this book that may be of interest .. And you can d/l it for free  :wink:

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http://hotfile.com/dl/76159943/a5045a2/KingAngSax.zip.html 

Sorry, but I have ask. Is it free copyright or donwload is ilegal?

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have you do your sig? It look nice, do you like add it to sigs of Brytenwalda?
 
Sorry, but I have ask. Is it free copyright or donwload is ilegal?

I have no idea  .. I found the link on-line  :?:
I'll remove link if you think it may be illegal ...

have you do your sig? It look nice, do you like add it to sigs of Brytenwalda?

If you would like to add my sig' to the Brytenwalda sig's you are welcome to do so ... Love this mod !

 
I have no idea  .. I found the link on-line  :?:
I'll remove link if you think it may be illegal ...

It look that amazon sell it.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kings-Kingdoms-Early-Anglo-Saxon-England/dp/041516639X

I delete download link. Sorry.

If you would like to add my sig' to the Brytenwalda sig's you are welcome to do so ... Love this mod !

I did. Thank you! You have it in Features thread and Caveman Thread  :grin:
 
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