Saxon2060 t1_isjpybo wrote on October 16, 2022 at 2:43 PM

Reply to comment by Ripheus-33 in Anglo-Saxon hall where kings and warriors dined discovered in England by unheated1

Hmm, I'm not sure if you've ever heard of the Venerable Bede or Asser of Wales or the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 🤔

I guess "not much" is a vague statement that I might be massively misconstruing but there's masses of contemporary record of the Anglo-Saxons. They write extensively about themselves, they loved it, Anglo-Saxon England was a centre of wealth and learning.

Ripheus-33 t1_iskjm3a wrote on October 16, 2022 at 5:58 PM

Apologies I should’ve been more specific. By not much I meant in terms of info on the Anglo-Saxon religion and mythology which was abolished by the Christians.

Fofolito t1_isk3znj wrote on October 16, 2022 at 4:18 PM

*not much we know about them from physical medium. The archeological record of England generally goes Neolithic -> Roman -> ???? -> Norman. Any find that fills in that time between the retreat of the legions and the invasion of the Normans is of critical importance

Doctor_Impossible_ t1_iskg29g wrote on October 16, 2022 at 5:36 PM

>The archeological record of England generally goes Neolithic -> Roman -> ???? -> Norman.

I think not.

TylerInHiFi t1_iskt6ay wrote on October 16, 2022 at 6:58 PM

It still pales in comparison to the record keeping of Roman Britain that preceded them, though. And I think that’s the point. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is an excellent resource, but it’s far from an exhaustive history compared to the records that exist for the eras before and after it. You go from obsessive Roman record keeping to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle to Domesday, basically. You’ve got a story book nestled between two spreadsheets.

EDIT: Please keep in mind I’m painting with the broadest strokes possible and the reality of things is not so cut-and-dried.