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Alexandra Zhirnova explores what we do - and don't - know about the way the Anglo-Saxons dressed. All images used in this video are licensed under Creative Commons, except re-enactment photographs, for which we are grateful to Katie Newell (@skadi.blodauga on Instagram). Here is some further Reading on the topic of this lecture: Fairholt, F. W., Costume in England: A History of Dress to the End...

David McKay, a researcher on the ASNC-based project 'Mapping the Medieval Mind' (which focuses on Irish names for places and landscape features), introduces the ancient tales and history behind names for Ireland's forests and plains.

Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, researcher on the ASNC-based project 'Mapping the Medieval Mind' (which focuses on Irish names for places and features in the landscape), introduces early stories about the names of Ireland's rivers and lakes.

A lecture by Dr Elizabeth Rowe looking at the way the surviving annals from medieval Iceland recorded epidemics and their effects.

Professor Paul Russell and Dr Judy Quinn introduce the PhD and MPhil programmes in the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic, and give a flavour of what life is like as a graduate student in ASNC.

Professor Rosalind Love talks about the Insular Latin part of the ASNC course and introduces a couple of examples of the texts that are studied in class. To learn more about ASNC visit www.asnc.cam.ac.uk/

Dr Ali Bonner talks about two parts of the ASNC course which cover the early history of the Brittonic-speaking peoples (broadly Wales, the Picts of Scotland, Cornwall, Brittany and the Isle of Man) and of the Gaelic-speaking peoples (Ireland, Scotland, and the Isle of Man). She explains why it is important and worthwhile to study medieval history now, in the 21st century, and shares something o...

Professor Paul Russell talks about what is covered by the medieval Welsh language and literature part of the ASNC course, describing the kinds of text that are studied, and how far medieval Welsh differs from modern Welsh. He introduces a manuscript containing texts about Welsh law written near Llandeilo in Wales and now held in the Wren Library of Trinity College, Cambridge (viewable in the fr...

Dr Judy Quinn talks about the Old Norse language and literature course within the ASNC degree and describes the different types of literature students read during the course. She focuses in particular on some examples of the clever riddling technique that is a feature of what is known as Skaldic verse, by which Skalds coloured their poems with so-called kennings. To learn more about ASNC visit ...

Dr Richard Dance talks about what it is like to study Old English language and literature, and reads a section from the Old English poem called 'The Battle of Maldon'. To learn more about ASNC visit www.asnc.cam.ac.uk/

Professor Máire Ní Mhaonaigh talks about the nature of medieval Irish as a language and about the early literature written in Irish; she introduces and reads from a text called Immram Brain ('The Voyage of Bran'), taken from the digital resource Irish Sagas Online ( iso.ucc.ie/ ) To learn more about ASNC visit www.asnc.cam.ac.uk/

Dr Elizabeth Rowe talks about the part of the ASNC course which focuses on medieval Scandinavian history, describing the geographical range covered by the study of the Vikings in their homelands, not just as raiders in other lands, and highlighting why it is as important as ever to learn how to interpret the evidence of texts, objects, and archaeological discoveries. She introduces an eighth-ce...

Some first-year ASNC students talk about their experience of applying to Cambridge, and describe what they have enjoyed about the course so far. To find out more about ASNC go to www.asnc.cam.ac.uk/ The students also have their own CZcams channel: czcams.com/users/results?search_query=ASNC Society

Rich talks about his career since graduating from ASNC; he reflects on what he appreciated about his time on the course, and how the skills he gained from the degree have been applicable in what he has done since. To learn more about ASNC visit www.asnc.cam.ac.uk/

Meeting medieval manuscripts, with Dr Erik Niblaeus

Meet the Students. An interview with Anna and Kate.

Meeting the History of England before the Norman Conquest. An interview with Dr Rory Naismith

Kalangaeaf reading by Angharad