Question for Matt and Derek

[WhiteBeastofWotan]

Recently I've found I've found myself intrigued by the Saxons, but I know very little about them. I'm not sure if this is a later time period than your expertise covers, but do you know of any texts or books (nonfiction) on the Saxons that are worth reading?

 

[WhiteBeastofWotan]

saw this, but dont know if its worth 40 bucks
http://www.amazon.com/Norman-Blackw...4713511?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180381030&sr=1-5

 

[MajestikMoose]

Blackwell Publishing prints that, so it's probably reasonably scholarly.

I'll run a quick look around Amazon and see if I can find some books that look reasonable.

 

[MajestikMoose]

The Anglo-Saxon World: An Anthology
http://www.amazon.com/Anglo-Saxon-W...8005222-3146432?ie=UTF8&qid=1180381030&sr=1-5

Oxford World's Classics series is pretty good for having accessible texts that are useful to both the layman and for university courses reading texts in translation. Plus they're CHEAP.


Here's a history book put out by Oxford, so that will probably have reasonably good material.

http://www.amazon.com/Anglo-Saxon-E...8005222-3146432?ie=UTF8&qid=1180381030&sr=1-5


This one looks pretty good also, but I'm not sure how good it is. Honestly, my expertise on England is 55 B.C. That's it.

http://www.amazon.com/Britain-Engla...8005222-3146432?ie=UTF8&qid=1180381030&sr=1-5

Scotsman might have much more helpful comments here than I.

 

[derek]

Sadly not. It's outside of my area of expertise. I have very vague conceptions of them, I'm afraid.

After Tacitus, I'm pretty much not interested.

If you ever need any help with Greek history from the Archaic to the death of Alexander or the late Republic, give me a bell.

 

[MajestikMoose]

yeah, I know just about jack shit about the Saxons also, besides you know, Beowulf. I'm really better for general Greek and Roman Literature, and some very general Near Eastern and Egyptian stuff


Try learning Old English!

http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-...43/ref=si3_rdr_bb_product/002-8005222-3146432

 

[RedKef]

vikings are better.

 

[MajestikMoose]

nuh-uh

 

[Captain Beard]

You told Swede and I you loved us.

 

[WhiteBeastofWotan]

The Saxons started out as pirates. That makes them way cool.

 

[Captain Beard]

They're all pirates, it works out in the end.

 

[Lies and Perfidy]

Read up on Vortigern of Britain and the semi-mythical Aelle of Sussex.

 

[RedKef]

Vikings would own pirates any day. Why you ask? Because they're vikings.

 

[MajestikMoose]

trust me, life gets better when you learn to stop sucking off vikings and move on with your life.

 

[Captain Beard]

I'm related and as such, that doesn't work.

 

[neal]

yeh, vikings be my peeps!

 

[Lies and Perfidy]

Celts > Vikings

 

[WhiteBeastofWotan]

If only for the awesome woad war paint.

 

[Captain Beard]

Celts > Vikings

Jews have no love for I.

 

[WhiteBeastofWotan]

ended up gettin these

-Warlords And Holy Men: Scotland 80-1000 Ad (New History of Scotland)
-The Saxon and Norman Kings (Blackwell Classic Histories of England)
-The Anglo-Saxon World: An Anthology (Oxford World's Classics)
-Roman Britain and Early England 55 B. C. to A. D. 871 (Norton Library History of England)