There were many jobs to be done in an Anglo-Saxon village, such as chopping firewood, churning butter and grinding flour. A typical village would have a blacksmith and a builder. Children had ...

The name 'Smith' originates as an Anglo-Saxon term for a metal worker or blacksmith. Similarly, the most popular surname in Luxembourg is 'Schmit', which derives from a similar German root.

Also unknown to poor Mrs Pretty, the ship was actually Anglo-Saxon, not Viking ... of iron ship rivets and given them to the local blacksmith for making horseshoes. The National Trust shares ...

Say the term “Anglo-Saxon” to most people, and they’re likely to picture the Smashing Saxons from Horrible Historiesor the protagonists of Bernard Cornwell’s The Last Kingdom. In the ...

Look no further than a local blacksmith in the historic small town ... His specific area of expertise lies in creating Anglo-Saxon knives and weaponary, but like any good artist if you come ...

As many argued on social media, the idea of “Anglo-Saxon political traditions” is based on a false—and troubling—understanding of history. TIME spoke to medievalist Mary Rambaran-Olm ...