An edition of What They Don't Tell You About Anglo-Saxons
(1998)
What They Don't Tell You About Anglo-Saxons
First Edition
by Bob Fowke
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Did you know that Easter is called after the Saxon goddess Eostre?
Or that Saxon law didn't allow you to eat hens which had drunk human blood?
And did you know that a fifth of all Saxons had at least one broken bone by the age of thirty - if the weren't dead already?
The Anglo-Saxons feasted, fought and burnt the cakes, they sang songs and told tales, they drank too much, sacrificed humans and they dealt out particularly painful punishments. Any history book will give you the boring facts THEY think you should know, but only this one will tell you what the Anglo-Saxons were REALLY like . . .
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Juvenile audience, Juvenile literature, Juvenile works, Anglo-Saxons, Social life and customs, Manners and customsPeople
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What They Don't Tell You About Anglo-Saxons
1998, Hodders Children's Books
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0340709219 9780340709214
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Table of Contents
Saxfax.
Before we begin
Page 5
Roman remains.
Britain before the Romans
Page 14
Sax attax!.
We've come to stay
Page 18
Celtic counterattax!.
The British fight back
Page 28
Crazy kingdoms.
Kings and their companions
Page 35
Five pence per finger!.
Paw laws ...
Page 46
Down on the farm.
Life in the mud
Page 55
A rumble with the thunder god.
Are you a pagan?
Page 61
Angels and devils.
Taming the pagans
Page 69
British believers.
... and their monkey business
Page 77
Wise women.
And mad missionaries
Page 87
Striking Vikings.
Oh no! The barbarians are back!
Page 95
Our Alfred.
Everyone needs a hero
Page 103
Saxons stuffed!.
All good things come to an end
Page 110
Are you an Angle or a Saxon?.
- or a Norman or a Celt?
Page 118
Index
Page 122
Now read on
Page 126
About the author
Page 127
Other books in this series
Page 128
Edition Notes
Includes index.
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