Anglo-saxon weapons and armour

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Short article on the Anglo-Saxon and Viking single edged knife known as the scramseaxe.
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Brief description of Anglo-Saxon and Viking helmets.
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Illustrated description of Anglo-Saxon and Viking armour.
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Short description of Anglo-Saxon and Viking swords.
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Article on archery in the Anglo-Saxon period which addresses the types, history, and use of bows in battle and for hunting.
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Information about the excavation of the grave of an Anglo-Saxon warrior leader and his horse, discovered in 1997, including photographs, x-ray images of artefacts from the dig, and an article on the archaeology of early Anglo-Saxon Suffolk.
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Illustrated descriptions of the use and types of Anglo-Saxon and Viking spear.
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Explores the ruins of the temple to the Roman god Mithras at Carrawburgh on Hadrian's Wall, and describes the virtual reality reconstruction on display in the Museum of Antiquities at the University of Newcastle.
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Illustrated article offering a detailed description of Anglo-Saxon spears, scramaseaxes, swords, axes, bows and arrows, shields, helmets and body armour.
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Article on an Anglo-Saxon late 6th Century pagan warrior burial, discovered in 1997. Discusses details of the grave, the horse in Early Germanic Culture and the horse in Anglo-Saxon England.
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Illustrated article on the discovery in 1997 of an Anglo-Saxon helmet in Northamptonshire. Offers information on the helmet, on other items in the grave and about other Anglo-Saxon helmets.
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Brief article on Anglo-Saxon and Viking slings, bows and arrows.
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Illustrated descriptions of Anglo-Saxon and Viking battle-axes.
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Illustrated description of Anglo-Saxon and Viking shields.
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