The Anglo-Saxons    

Regia Anglorum
http://www.regia.org/history/history.htm

|Clear, informative and historically accurate|

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BBC.co.uk
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/anglosaxons/index.shtml

|Written for younger students, but excellent information.|

Celts   

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BBC.co.uk
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/history/sites/celts/

|Wow.|

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The Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust http://www.cpat.org.uk/educate/leaflets/celts/celts.htm

|Iron age celts.|

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University of North Carolina Celtic site
http://www.unc.edu/celtic/index.html

|Celtic arts & cultures -- wow again.|

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"Mythography"
http://www.loggia.com/myth/

|Celtic mythology - scroll down for celtic section|
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Book of Kells   

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DVD of the Book of Kells
http://www.bookofkells.ie/book.html

|This is a commercial site (selling a DVD version of the Book of Kells), but it has some excellent information - be sure to check out the Timeline and Famous Pages links.|

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Personal Site with photos
http://www.snake.net/people/paul/kells/thumbnails

|7 images scanned from the Book of Kells|

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Trinity College
http://www.tcd.ie/info/trinity/bookofkells/

|Very brief overview on the Trininty College, Dublin (Ireland) site; Trinity College is where the Book of Kells is now housed.|

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Catholic Encyclopedia
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08614b.htm

|Catholic Encyclopedia entry on the Book of Kells -- reading level is advanced: be prepared!|

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Long Island University Facsimile Copy
http://www.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/library/sc/kells/kells.htm

|Long Island University owns a facsimile copy of the Book of Kells; their overview page has very readable information.|

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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Facsimile Copy
http://www.uwm.edu/Library/special/exhibits/clastext/clspg002.htm

|Another university (Wisconsin-Milwaukee) with a facsimile copy. Interesting paragraph about what the scribes' experience would have been in early centuries as they created the original Book of Kells.|
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Stonehenge   

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Sweet Briar College
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/earthmysteries/EMStonehenge.html

|Solid overview, be sure to click links at bottom of page.|

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EnglishHeritage.org
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.876

|Info from the organization that owns and oversees the monument.|
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Daily Life  

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BBC on the Anglo-Saxons
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/anglosaxons/index.shtml

|Written for younger students, but excellent information.|
 

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Regia Anglorum
http://www.regia.org/listings.htm#crafts

|Wow! (use the links under "Crafts and Everyday Life).|
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Oseberg Ship  

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Museum of Culture and History at University of Oslo, Norway
http://www.ukm.uio.no/vikingskipshuset/osebergskipet_english.php

|Museum where remains of Oseberg ship are kept. Click on the middle image: "The Viking Ship Museum".|
 

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Gander, Newfoundland
http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/v_drakkar.htm

|Incredibly rich information about Viking ships - very easy and fun to read.|
 

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Regia Anglorum
http://www.regia.org/ships/Ships1.htm

|How to build a Viking ship.|
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Vikings  

 

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Gander, Newfoundland
http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/vikings_who.pdf

|Excellent, long, detailed, easy to read information! Best place to begin.|

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Regia Anglorum
http://www.regia.org/ships/Ships1.htm

|Excellent Viking information.|

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BBC on the Vikings
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/trail/conquest/viking/loot_03.shtml

|Who Were the Vikings?|

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Gander, Newfoundland
http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/v_warriors.htm

|Viking Warriors (includes their weapons).|

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Gander, Newfoundland
http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/v_dress.htm

|Viking clothing.|

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Gander, Newfoundland|
http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/v_lief.htm

|Famous Vikings.|

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Gander, Newfoundland
http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/v_childhood.htm

|Viking children.|
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Runes  

 

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Gander, Newfoundland
http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/v_runes.htm

|Very informative and easy to read!|
 

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Gotland University, Sweden
http://viking.hgo.se/Files/VikHeri/Viking_Age/runic.html

|Good information.|
 

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American Museum of Natural History
http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/vikings/write.html

|More good information.|
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Sutton Hoo  

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Sutton Hoo Society
http://www.suttonhoo.org/index.html

|Organization that works to preserve the Sutton Hoo site.|
 

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Prof. Ashliman, retired from Univ. Pittsburgh
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/ships.html

|Scroll down to an overview of Sutton Hoo plus links to photos.|
 

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English Heathenism site
http://www.englishheathenism.homestead.com/shipburial.html

|Excellent information and images.|
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Chaucer &  
Canterbury Tales  

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BBC on Chaucer
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/chaucer_geoffrey.shtml

|His life.|
 

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Luminarium.org
http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/chaucerbio.htm

|Another biographical site|
 

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Electronic Literature Foundation http://www.canterburytales.org/chronology.htm

|Timeline of Chaucer's life.|
 

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Glasgow University Library
http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/exhibns/month/may2004.html

|Good but advanced information about the Tales, plus some quality images.|
 

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Royal Shakespeare Company
Click here

|Truly excellent 14-page brochure tells you about Chaucer and the Canterbury Tales thoroughly and in language you'll find relatively easy to understand.|
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Calligraphy  

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History.uk.com
http://www.history.uk.com/calligraphy/index.php

|Introduction to calligraphy.|
 

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JacquelineOriginals.com
http://www.jacquelineoriginals.com/writingt.htm

|Overview of how Western calligraphy developed.|
 

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Univ. Washington professor's site
http://depts.washington.edu/chinaciv/callig/callmain.htm

|Simple, useful overview of Chinese calligraphy.|
 

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Rice Paper.com
http://www.rice-paper.com/uses/calligraphy.html

|Chinese calligraphy.|
 

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Connected Globe.com
http://www.connectedglobe.com/ohmori/intro1.html

|Overview of Japanese calligraphy.|
 

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Kyoto, Japan National Museum
http://www.kyohaku.go.jp/eng/syuzou/index.html

|Examples of Japanese calligraphy masterworks - click on each image to enlarge.|
 

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Al-Bab.com
http://www.al-bab.com/arab/visual/calligraphy.htm

|Arabic calligraphy - be sure to scroll down: there is a lot of info here.|
 

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Islamic Arts & Architecture
http://www.islamicart.com/main/calligraphy/index.html

|Arabic calligraphy - even more detailed than the previous link.|
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Caedmon  

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University of Toronto
http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poet/46.html

|Biographical info and some poem excerpts.|
 

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Catholic Encyclopedia
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03131c.htm

|Good information, advanced reading level.|
 

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PoemHunter.com
http://www.poemhunter.com/caedmon/biography/

|Nice biography. Click here to read several of his poems in the original old language and in modern English.|
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Weaponry  

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Regia Anglorum
http://www.regia.org/listings.htm#weapons

|Wow.|
 

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Gander, Newfoundland
http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/v_warriors.htm

|Viking weapons.|
 

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Regia Anglorum
http://www.regia.org/warfare/spear.htm

|Specifics from the first site listed in this section.|
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Lindisfarne
Saga  

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Isle of Lindisfarne website
http://www.lindisfarne.org.uk/gospels/

|Brief overview of the Lindisfarne Gospels.|
 

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BBC on Lindisfarne
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/trail/conquest/viking/loot_02.shtml

|BBC account of attack on Lindesfarne.|
 

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British Library
http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/themes/euromanuscripts/lindisfarne.html

|Lindisfarne Gospels.|
 

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Gander, Newfoundland
http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/v_age.htm

|Story of Viking attack on Lindesfarne.|
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Exeter Book  

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Goucher College
http://faculty.goucher.edu/eng211/exeter_book_and_wanderer.htm

|Overview of the Exeter Book.|
 

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Kenyon College
http://www2.kenyon.edu/AngloSaxonRiddles/texts.htm

|The riddles of the Exeter Book.|
 

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The Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter
http://www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk/Gallery/Library/L01.html

|Photograph of 2 pages of the Exeter Book.|
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St. Patrick  

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Catholic Encyclopedia
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11554a.htm

|Catholic Encyclopedia entry - more difficult reading, but MUCH information.|
 

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History Channel
http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Generic
&content_type_id=859&display_order=1&mini_id=1082

|History Channel answers, "Who was St. Patrick?"|
 

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National Geographic
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/03/0315
_050315_stpatricksday.html

|Article about St. Patrick.|
 

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IrishAbroad.com
http://www.irishabroad.com/stpatrick/life/

|Many links, much information.|
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Bayeux Tapestry  

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Rice University
http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~kemmer/Words04/history/bayeux.html

|Brief overview - begin here.|
 

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Museum of Reading (Reading, England)
http://www.bayeuxtapestry.org.uk/Index.htm

|History, scene by scene explanations and images, EVERYTHING you need to know.|
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Resources compiled and maintained by
Katie Hubert, Chief Sealth High School Librarian
November 2007