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The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in Old English - MS A only, (Toby Jebson), [Georgetown Uni.] in New English translation - Rev. Ingram (1823), trans, (Douglas Killings, ed.) [Uni.-California, Berkeley] Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum ( Ecclesiastical History of the English People ) in Latin - none available online in Old English translation - none available online in New English translation - (Alexander Pyle/Paul Halsall), [Fordham Uni.-NYC Jesuit Uni.]Tacitus's Germania in Latin - (Brian Kleeman), [Uni. of Alabama-Huntsville] in New English translation - Church/Brodribb/Gordon, trans, (Paul Halsall), [Fordham Uni-NYC Jesuit U.] auf deutsche Übersetzung - [Nordische Zeitung] Snorre Sturluson's Heimskringla ( The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway) in Old Norse - none available online in New English translation - Samuel Laing, trans, (Douglas Killings, ed), [Uni.-California, Berkeley]Saxo Grammaticus's Gesta Danorum (History of the Danes ) in Latin - [Det Kongelige Biblotek (Danish Royal Library)] in New English translation - Oliver Elton, trans, (Douglas Killings, ed.), [Uni-California, Berkeley] Ibn Fadlán's Risala (Arab chronicler's 10th-c. account of the Rús Northmen)in Arabic - none available online in New English translation - excerpts from Smyser's translation [Uni. of Washington] of related interest: The Naming of Russia - Viking Rús & the naming of Russia [Håkon Stang, Meddelelser nr. 77 (1996)] Monumenta Germaniae Historica - die historischen Quellen des europäischen Mittelalters in kritischen Textausgaben herauszugeben und durch Untersuchungen zu erschließen (auf deutsch) Guide for Users of Monumenta Germaniae Historica (in English) [Columbia Uni.] Sources of English Constitutional History - by F.G. Marcham [@ constitution.org] The Germanic World - Prof. Ashliman's page of resources & links Euroatlas - excellent political maps of Europe from 1 AD - 2000 AD [Christos Nüssli - Euratlas] Maps of the Early Medieval Period (400-1300 A.D.) [Henry Davis Consulting] Tidunge on Englisce - New Anglo-Saxon Chronicle - present-day news and events translated into Old English by A. Appleyard & various contributors [Anthony Appleyard & Michel van der Hoek] Ða Engliscan Gesiþas - devoted to all aspects of the A-S period Regia Anglorum - A-S, Viking, Norman, British living history Angelcynn - Anglo-Saxon living history 400-900 AD, (Ben Levick) Anglo-Saxons.net - England c.450-1066 in a Nutshell (Sean Miller) History of Anglo-Saxon England - very good page on A-S history, (William Bakken), [Minnesota State Uni.] BBC Timeline - England, Saxons & Scandinavians (410-1065) - resources & information [BBC Online] Medieval England (text) - complete book online, from fall of the Romans to War of the Roses [Steven Muhlberger / the-ORB.net] Wuffing Kingdom of East Anglia - Dr Newton's page on the Wuffing royals of East Anglia Mercian history page 5th century Anglia - way of life of the 5th-c. Anglian emigrants The Heruls - detailed article on the mysterious East Germanic tribe (Troels Brandt) [English/Dansk] F�rderverein der Langobardenwerkstatt - Zethlingen/Altmark e.V. - Langobards/Lombards (auf deutsch) Germanen: Unterwegs zu h�herer Zivilisation - (auf deutsch) [Hermann Ament] Folk Customs & Ancient Places in Mercia - info & photos on ancient Mercia, (Linda Hardy, Nic Broomhead) English Place-Name Society - [University of Nottingham] Anglo-Saxon Monarchs - on the official British Monarchy site Directory of Royal Genealogical Data - database of the genealogy of the British Royal family [Brian Tompsett, Uni. of Hull] Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms & King lists - very useful tabulated information [Kessler Associates/historyfiles.co.uk]Wulfing genealogy: (Sam Newton) Wulfings' Who was Who - main index for Wuffing genealogies Section A: The Upper Reaches of the Wuffing Genealogy The House of Wuffa to the mid-eighth century A Regnal List of the Later East Anglian Kings The Anglo-Saxon Calendar - information [Engliscan Gesiþas page] Historical Atlas of Europe - various maps and related resources antique maps of Iceland Reginheim - lots of resources on Germanic culture & history [Ansuzharjaz] Ulfhednar Germanien - early Germanic re-enactment & cultural resources Who Was Who in Roman Times: Germania - some useful bits of brief info Bibliotheca Germanica - site focussing on history & culture in early Europe, esp. 'Germania' [Cornelia Lucilla] Anglo-Saxon Culture: an online guide - brief essays on culture, religion, language, literature, etc. [Grad. Dept. of English, Uni. Toronto] J�rmungrund - Old Icelandic literature, primarily Eddaic & Skaldic poetry Medieval Scandinavia - history, images & more! The Viking Network (Yngve Skråmm), [Royal Norwegian Ministry of Education, Research & Church Affairs] Viking Heritage - good resource page Viking topics - very good Viking link page, (Lars Jansson), [Chalmers Uni. of Tech.] The Viking Answer Lady - various articles on aspects of Viking culture Viking Women - role & life of Viking women [Judith Jesch, BBC online] Viking Gate Fryslân Side - History of the Frisians Lex Frisionum - Frisian book of law [Kees Nieuwenhuijsen] Orkneyjar: heritage of the Orkney islands - history, folklore, etc. West Stow Village - reconstruction of an Anglo-Saxon village in St Edmunds Borough, Suffolk Panoramic view of West Stow village - interactive page at BBC Yeavering Bell - site of King Edwin's great hall (Northumberland) Jorvik Viking Centre - reconstuction of a 10th-c. Viking village in York Trelleborg Viking Fortress - museum & remains of a Viking fortress, West Zealand Voss Hall (Norway) - images of wooden hall hall built 1250 ca. Ghost Ship of the Wuffings - images & replicas [S. Newton] Viking Replica Ships - a worldwide comprehensive list British Columbia's Viking Ship project - building a replica of replica of the famous Gokstad Ship - images Longship Company - replica Viking ships (Maryland, USA) Ship-building Links Viking Ship Museum - Oslo Historiska Museet (The Museum of National Antiquities in Sweden) Vitlycke Museum (Sweden) Vinland: Vikings in America - Prof. D.L. Ashliman's site [Uni. of Pittsburgh] Viking Gotland - Information about Viking in the Baltic island of Gotland Gotland, Pearl of the Baltic - info/history on the Scandinavian island, including a Beowulf-connexion (Tore Gannholm) Orkneyjar: the heritage of the orkney islands - comprehensive site Sutton Hoo - Official site for Sutton Hoo, home of famous E. Anglian ship-burial National Trust : Sutton Hoo - great site for students on the famous ship-burial site National Trust - SH treasures - images of the SH artefacts, some have rotable views National Trust - SH artefact burial, mound 1 - explore the original arrangemet of treasures National Trust - SH panorama - virtual tour of the SH burial ground National Trust - 'Mrs Pretty's Dream' - dramatisation of the discovery at Sutton Hoo British Museum - artefacts of Anglo-Saxon England - British Museum official site, good photos British Museum - Viking artefacts - British Museum official site, good photos East Anglian Archaeology - official site Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History - official site BRITARCH-l: British archaeology discussion list Council for British Archaeology - online research reports Current Archaeology - Timeline Wuffings' Sutton Hoo - Dr. Newton's informative Sutton Hoo page - with great photos! Anglo-Saxon Archaeology Links - [Uni. of Glasgow] Anglo-Saxon Objects - Prof. S.D. Keynes' excellent page of A-S artefact images [Trinity, Cam. Uni.] Old English Art & Artifacts - links to online images [C. Ball / Georgetown Uni.] another Sutton Hoo page - images Panoramic view of Sutton Hoo - interactive page at BBC Franks Casket - Dr. Alfred Becker's site w/ excellent images/info on the casket (English/deutsch) Rood & Ruthwell - Dr. A. Bruce's images & info of runic Ruthwell Cross [Florida Southern College] Anglo-Saxon Pottery - images @ PotWeb [Ashmolean Museum, Oxford] Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture [in progress] - [@ Uni. of Durham] Corpus of Insular, Anglo-Saxon, and Early Anglo-Norman Manuscript Art Burning the Viking Galley at Shetlands - Up Helly Aa festival, photos Portable Antiquities Find Database - British Museum online database of archaelogical finds Shops Nordic Arts - importer of Anglo-Saxon, Viking & Scandinavian arts and crafts The Viking Trader - various products; North American distributor of Danish museum reproduction jewellery (of Turm A/S) Vikings and Saxons Artefacts & Coins - dealer in Anglo-Saxon and Viking period artefacts Talbot's Fine Accessories - Anglo-Saxon/Viking real artefacts and replica jewellery Weapons & Warfare VikingSword.com - extensive info + photos of swords, incl. Anglo-Saxon/Germanic [Lee A. Jones] VikingSword - Mediaeval Sword Virtual Museum - from Germanic migration to Middle Ages VikingSword - Blade Patterns Intrinsic to Steel-Edged Weapons - including pattern-welding VikingSword - Serpent in the Sword: pattern-welding - online article [Lee A. Jones] VikingSword - Norwegian Viking Swords - J. Petesen/Kristin Noer (trans.) - online book From Rapier to Langsax: Sword Structure in the British Isles in the Bronze and Iron Ages - very good article on physical structure of swords, primarily in the British Isles [Niko Silvester, Vikingsword.com] 'Manor of Drengham' - Anglo-Saxon warfare & weaponry [@ Regia Anglorum] Tour an Anglo-Saxon Sword - graphical 'tour' of an A-S sword [Inst. of Archaelogy, Oxford Uni.] Steel, Metal-Working, Damascene techniques - Pages of Prof. H. F�ll (highly recommended) Brief History of Steel A Cross-Linked Glossary of Some Terms from the History of Metal Working Damascene Technique in Metal Working - a personal remark [Chair of Allgemeine Materialwissenschaft [General Materials Science], Christian-Albrechts-University von Kiel: Prof. Dr. Helmut F�ll] The Road to Damascus: Sorting Modern Pattern Welding from Myth & Legend [Kevin R. Cashen / Swordforum.com] Method of making Steel in the style of Damascus written in 1771 by Jean Jacques Perret - concerning 'mechanical damascus'=pattern-welding (English trans.) Halvgrimr's Viking/PreViking Helm Presentation/Webpage - [Robb Schuster, Uni. of Missouri] John Piscopo Swords - Swords & Bayonets, WWI back to the Bronze Age The Oakeshott Institute - website on the research of the late sword-expert, Ewart Oakeshott Norse Bog Iron production - obtaining iron in the Viking-age [@ hurstwic.org] Archaeometallurgy, experimental bloomery iron making in Tranemo (Sweden) - Viking-age metallurgy Academy of European Mediaeval Martial Arts Journal of Western Martial Art Battle of Maldon - many resources on the battle & its poem [Wilfrid Berridge] Maldon images - photographs of Maldon [M. Hanly, Washington State Uni.] the Battle of Maldon, 991AD - resources on the poem [AirFlow Design] The Battle of Maldon - information on the poem [Arnie Sanders, Goucher College] The Battle of Maldon (translation) [Jonathan Glenn, Uni. of Central Arkansas] Notes on the Battle of Maldon [Jonathan Glenn, Uni. of Central Arkansas] Wuffings East Anglia: Battle of Maldon [Sam Newton, Uni. of East Anglia] CLIO: Battle of Maldon ('Imogen', Dickson College] A Bibliography for Battle of Maldon [Wendy E. J. Collier, Uni. W. Michigan] Forums (fora) for Anglo-Saxon/Germanic/Mediaeval Sword & Weaponry discussion Sword Forum - blades from all the world, including mediaeval/germanic blades Mediaeval European Swords Forum at vikingsword.com Ancient Weapons forum The Crucible - online forum about smithing Norman Invasion: Essential Norman Conquest - many interactive graphical resources on the history of the Norman Invasion Conquest & Resistance: England 1066-1088 - English resistance to Norman invasion [Geoff Boxell] Digital Bayeaux Tapestry Page - tells visual story of William I, Norman king at Battle of Hastings [Martin Kennedy Foys, Hood College] What if Harold Won at Hastings? - somewhat humorous alternate history [Alison Brooks/David Flin] Norman Invasion directory at Google/DMOZ.org - many links Domesday Book Online - 'census' taken by William I of his new English holdings Domesday Explorer Web Site - another page on Domesday books

Beowulf Resources (along with Anglo-Saxon, Old English, Germanic, Indo-European, & Mythological/Epic resources)