THE KING, THE WARRIOR, THE GIFT AND THE HEARTH Those familiar with Anglo-Saxon history or literature will know the term, ’hearth companions’ or ‘hearth group’. Although its meaning changed over the Anglo-Saxon period, at core, it is wonderfully redolent of Germanic warrior culture. A group of chosen warriors fiercely loyal to their lord (king, prince or noble), […]
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Anglo-Saxon Conversion: Part 1 – ‘They have robbed Us of the Old Religion’
SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 UNDERLYNDENCHURCH Part 1: ‘They Have Robbed Us of the Old Religion’ ‘All these Changes – How shall we Cope?’ This is neither a conventional history piece nor fiction but a construct of both. As a former speech and report writer and an Anglo-Saxon nerd for decades, I try to present complex matters clearly and imaginatively […]
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DANCE STUDIO Lindsay Jacob, Speech Writer, Author, Historian author Lindsay Jacob Welcome to Under Lynden Church. I have always been fascinated that the remnants of distant past lives can be discovered beneath our feet – human remains and the objects they used. I have a particular affinity with the Anglo Saxon period, once called the […]
Anglo-Saxon Sacred Landscapes – Part 1
Author – Lindsay Jacob Anglo-Saxon Sacred Landscapes – Part 1 Purifying The Temples This is the first of two articles on Anglo-Saxon sacred landscapes and what they meant to *pagans and Christians in this fascinating period of English history. It involves a different way of seeing the land – not solely as a source of […]
A Demonic Murder
A Demonic Murder What purpose is a stone, if it crumble and the wall falls? What purpose is a field, if it lies barren? What purpose is a man, if he fails his deepest duty? This short murder story continues the tales of Father Eadred, a local priest trying to save souls and solve murders in […]