[MR] saxon personas

[Vels inn Viggladi]

> i have a friend who is becoming more and more interested in the SCA as i talk about it. he knows that he loves the saxon side of things,
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> lady niccolina the wanderer
Paper Resources-
1066: The Year of the Conquest by David Howarth
Kings and Kingdoms of Early Anglo-Saxon England by Barbara Yorke 
Alfred the Great: War, Culture and Kingship in Anglo-Saxon England (The Medieval World) by Richard Abels
Warfare and Military Obligation in Anglo-Saxon England by Abels, Richard
 
Classics/Period Documents (availible free online)-
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
The Battle of Maldon
The Fourth Book of The Chronicle of Æthelweard http://www.deremilitari.org/resources/sources/aethelweard.htm
Battle of Brunanburh;Old English poem about a battle between the Anglo-Saxons and the Danes (Vikings)
Online Resources-
Abels, Richard, English Logistics and military administration, 871-1066: The Impact of the Viking Wars - from Military aspects of Scandinavian society in a European perspective, AD 1-1300 http://www.deremilitari.org/resources/articles/abels1.htm
Abels, Richard, From Alfred to Harold II: The Military Failure of the Late Anglo-Saxon State - from The Normans and their Adversaries at War http://www.deremilitari.org/resources/articles/abels.htm
Eley, Penny and Bennett, Philip E., The Battle of Hastings according to Gaimar, Wace and Benoit: rhetoric and politics - from Nottingham Medieval Studies 
Pappas, Nicholas C.J., English Refugees in the Byzantine Armed Forces:  The Varangian Guard and Anglo-Saxon Ethnic Consciousness 
Annals of the Reign of Alfred the Great, by Asser http://www.yorku.ca/inpar/asser_giles.pdf
Regia Anglorum www.regia.org 
 
That's a short list. Richard Abels is considered the living expert in the field of Anglo-Saxon Social and Military Studies. 
 
There are also online Old English courses to learn the language. 
 
 
Vels
Gewillan ne standan an 
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