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The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle was written by monks who decorated its pages with illuminated letters. Our illustrator Michael Foreman designed this letter C for Crecganford (Crayford)
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A journey around Anglo-Saxon histories and mythologies
From Crayford to Pegwell Bay, on Monday 30 July we (Beth and Fran, King’s College London) led the intrepid CRAY group around five sites associated with the founding legend of the arrival of Anglo-Saxons in Britain. Some of the sites were important to the Anglo-Saxons, and we know this thanks to archaeological or textual evidence. However, Some of the sites became linked with stories of the Anglo-Saxons later centuries, or even in the last 100 years. The children all thought about the difference between history and stories, why we remember the past, and made some fantastic creative work in response to the places we visited. St Paulinus Church A church has stood at this site since at least the 9th century according to archaeological remains, and it’s mentioned in the 1086 Domesday survey ordered by William I (the Conqueror). However, it’s likely that the site has been important for much longer. As the children noticed, the church is on a high point overlooking...
SummerFilm Project: Geoffrey of Monmouth and The Maidstone Museum - Oscar Hudson
In the morning we met Geoffrey of Monmouth, played by Will Ewart. Geoffrey of Monmouth wrote one of the key sources of the story of Hengest and Horsa. Geoffrey talked to the children about the day to day life of a monk and explained how he wrote his book, " A History Of The Kings Of Britain". He showed the children artefacts and told them stories of life as an 11th century Benedictine monk. After that, we interviewed Geoffrey of Monmouth. He talked about the people who influenced his books. In the afternoon we visited Maidstone Museum where we were met by Dr Andrew Richardson. He showed us collections at the museum of Anglo Saxon finds in Kent. There were some amazing pieces including saucer brooches, square headed brooches, button brooches and Anglo Saxon glass drinking vessels. After seeing all these wonderful artefacts we were then lucky enough to handle some. We were shown the collections from Kent Archaeological Trust and some of his own person...
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