Dig Into History – April 2019

O n a craggy stretch of coast in Northumberland, England, stands Bamburgh Castle, witness to 2,000 years of countless events. Ac ...

19 THE AdventuresOF BYCHRI S SABATINO ...

b ukhino-Khomenko illustrated by John Gordon-Swogger Check out the Tons ...

21 T he survival and the prosperity of any community are both closely tied to the economy, social structure, politics, religion, ...

22 century was not abrupt. The imperial forces and staff did leave Britain for good at that point, but there had been other simi ...

23 From the early 700s on, York had been the single most important city in all of England’s North. Its organization resembled th ...

area was not revived. Rather, trading took place on a low spur of land between the rivers Ouse and Foss and the Roman fort. Prev ...

25 south. It had connections with France and with Flanders in present-day Belgium, but lacked renown and was remote from the res ...

26 WORD ORIGINS Wife A simple word to be sure and one that is used often in the English language. But, while its Old English roo ...

27 ANGLO-SAXON WORDS Here are a few that have long since “left” the English vocabulary, but they are colorful. Perhaps you might ...

by Anya Maltsberger Christianity ENTERS THE ISLAND 28 The Christian missionary Augustine talks about his faith with King Ethelbe ...

THE EARLY BELIEFS Early Anglo-Saxons did not have churches. They also did not keep records or books as we do today. Therefore, i ...

30 would work to standardize it across the island. In 664C.E., King Oswiu of Northumbria gathered together a group of monks and ...

S by Sarah Novak Bede’s Books 31 But say you lived in England about 1,200 years ago. You are writing about history. So what do y ...

32 Church & Co T he earliest churches in Anglo-Saxon England were monasteries — communities of monks and nuns who lived rela ...

33 ou try clerics. These clerics were priests, not monks, and no longer lived according to a Monastic Rule. They did not necessa ...

34 the people would have traveled to the minster. In the later 10th century, the church was enlarged so that the rest of the com ...

H ere’s ariddle:I hold a priceless treasure. I am more than 1,000 years old. And I was used as a drink coaster and a cutting boa ...

36 THE HIGH-SPEED ROTATION OF THE CENTRIFUGE SEPARATES OUT THE LIGHTER POLLEN (WHICH FLOATS TO THE TOP OF THE SAMPLE) FROM THE W ...

lant remains are found scattered across archaeological sites, typically mixed with architectural remains such as pottery and bon ...