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Authors: Geoffrey Hindley
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Willibrord, bishop of Utrecht
61
,
68
,
70
,
122
,
124–8
,
131
,
137
,
148
,
150
,
155–6
,
161
wills
259
Wimborne
56
Winchcombe
94
witan
220
women
rights of
144–5
saints
143–7
Worcester
94
,
239
,
243
,
266
,
282
,
352
Wulfhere, archbishop of York
200
Wulfhere, king of Mercia
82
,
96
,
97
Wulfred, archbishop of Canterbury
223
Wulfric, abbot of St Augustine’s, Canterbury
324
Wulfsige, bishop of Sherborne
207
,
214
Wulfstan, bishop of London, archbishop of York
255–7
,
304
,
307
Wulfstan II, bishop of Worcester
xxxvii
,
182
,
260
,
325
,
334
Wynfrith, archbishop of Mainz
xxxii
,
55
,
61
,
75–6
,
83
,
100
,
106
,
120
,
128–39
,
141–3
,
145
,
148–9
,
154–7
,
162
,
163
,
170
,
241
Wynnebald, abbot of Heidenheim
128
,
139
,
140
,
159
,
160
York
20
,
21
,
22
,
48
,
62
,
73
,
82
,
86
,
152–3
,
178
,
269
,
341
Viking Kingdom of
187–8
,
197
,
198–202
,
264
,
275
Frankish ship’s figurehead, dredged from the Scheldt, near Antwerp. It is possible that Britain’s Anglo-Saxon invaders used similar figureheads.
The Castor hanging bowl: bronze, probably seventh century and possibly British work. Castor was the site of a Roman palace-villa and a seventh-century abbey.
A reconstruction of the princely burial chamber (early 600s), excavated at Prittlewell, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, 2003–4. Once timber lined and floored, it was sunk some 5 feet (1.5m) deep.
Disc brooch,
c
.600, from the burial site excavated at Alwalton near Peterborough.
The golden belt buckle from the Sutton Hoo ship burial,
c
.620. An outstanding example of a high-status ornament.
The portrait page of St Mark from the Lindisfarne Gospels, 715–20.
Agius
is a form of the Greek word
agios
meaning holy and the Lion is St. Mark’s emblem.
The Coppergate Helm (
c.
early eighth century) before its full restoration. The helmet bears a Latin dedication to ‘All Saints’.