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  • The gall nuts and lapis trail

      Primary History article
    We are used to images of monks copying out texts in a very ornate manner. Books such as the Lindisfarne Gospels still absolutely amaze us with their colour, style and appearance. It must have taken hours and hours to copy out a text like that. But how was it done? And how did the monks make the inks they...
    The gall nuts and lapis trail
  • A trail of garnet and gold: Sri Lanka to Anglo-Saxon England

      Primary History Article
    Sri Lankan garnet in Anglo-Saxon graves?  In 2009 news broke of a fabulous hoard of gold and garnet military ornaments unearthed in a Staffordshire field. TV reports mentioned the garnet might have come from Sri Lanka or India, but how could it have got here? I began reading up what used to be called ‘The Dark...
    A trail of garnet and gold: Sri Lanka to Anglo-Saxon England
  • Romans, Anglo-Saxons, and Vikings

      Primary Lesson Plans
    Please note: these resources were produced as part of the Nuffield Primary History project (1991-2009) and pre-date the 2014 National Curriculum.  A series of lessons, exemplars and guides to help you teach your students about the Romans, the Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings.
    Romans, Anglo-Saxons, and Vikings
  • Case Study: Classroom archaeology. Sutton Hoo, or the mystery of the empty grave

      Primary History article
    Please note: this article pre-dates the 2014 National Curriculum and some content may be outdated. ‘Would you like to go for a walk in the woods on the other side of the river? I asked my wife on a spring day in 1982. Happily she assented, and we drove off...
    Case Study: Classroom archaeology. Sutton Hoo, or the mystery of the empty grave
  • Podcast Series: The Anglo-Saxons

      The Anglo-Saxons
    In this HA Podcast Series Professor Joanna Story of the University of Leicester looks at the history of the Anglo-Saxons.
    Podcast Series: The Anglo-Saxons
  • Recorded webinar: Making sense of the Vikings

      Key Stage 2 Webinar
    Focusing on the Viking world, this webinar explores how careful choice of content in one subject can extend what your pupils will achieve in another. It offers some practical suggestions on how you might combine a Key Stage 2 History study of the Vikings with the geography of their world...
    Recorded webinar: Making sense of the Vikings
  • Podcast Series: Charlemagne and the Carolingian Empire

      Multipage Article
    In this HA Podcast Series Professor Joanna Story of the University of Leicester discusses Charlemagne and the Carolingian Empire.
    Podcast Series: Charlemagne and the Carolingian Empire
  • The Vikings in Britain

      Historian Article
    Professor Henry Loyn provides an update on recent studies of the Viking Age. Interest in the activities of the Scandinavian people in Britain during the Viking Age, c 800-1100 A.D., has been strong in the last half-century or so, and it is good to pause and assess contributions to the...
    The Vikings in Britain
  • Podcast Series: An Introduction to Magna Carta

      An Introduction to Magna Carta
    What precedents were there to Magna Carta? Why was the charter originally drawn up and signed in 1215? Why was it reissued during the thirteenth century? Would “ordinary” people have been aware of Magna Carta? How effective was Magna Carta as means to controlling medieval kings?  Why was it resurrected...
    Podcast Series: An Introduction to Magna Carta