'The Staffordshire Hoard and the History of Seventh-Century England' by Professor Barbara Yorke
The publication of The Staffordshire Hoard. An Anglo-Saxon Treasure, ed. Chris Fern, Tania Dickinson and Leslie Webster (Society of Antiquaries, 2019) was a milestone in the study of the hoard, some ten years after the hoard’s discovery in Staffordshire by a metal-detectorist. The volume is first and foremost a catalogue of the remarkable finds. Some background chapters were provided, but there was not the space to explore fully its potential for illuminating the history of seventh-century England. This lecture will give a historian’s perspective on how the hoard develops our understanding of topics such as kingship, overlordship, warfare, assemblies, the impact of Christianity and the world of heroic verse. Many mysteries will remain and often a range of possible interpretations has to be kept in mind, but the hoard has much to add to the dialogue between written sources and archaeological evidence for the formative and fast-moving period of the seventh century.
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Fantastic lecture, thanks! Reminds me of when Dr Yorke was my tutor at university! Wonderful stuff.
As soon as I saw the garnet inlay of some of the pieces of the hoard, the first thing that came to mind was the Sutton Hoo garnet inlaid pieces. They look so much alike that maybe it was the same person who made them all.
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Not the same person but probably the same teacher
Thank you for this lecture, I really enjoyed it.
Thank you, great presentation 👍
edward kylie 1911 book on st boniface letters describes seventh century as GOLDEN AGE OF ANGLO/SAXON SANCTITY/ would professor barbara yorke arrange for her books to be on youtube as well as audio for partially sighted/also today most people prefer to listen than read/st edmund martyr day 20 november
Those “Fighting stallions” look more like dragons to me!
only sense said lets face it
a pun of the time the sense in this 45 year searching for sense
Everytime she moves I hear plastic game pieces shuffle around. It's kinda distracting. Like hearing tiddlywinks move, a bunch of them. I'm trying to listen closely & learn though.
If it was not for the hobby of metal detecting this hoard would of been ploughed to fragments and lost forever. And to think British archaeology wanted our hobby banned.