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If seeing the party of Donald Trump distance itself from nativism is strange, it helps to understand that “Anglo-Saxon” is what you say when “whites only” is simply too inclusive.
A major university in England is reportedly distancing itself from the term "Anglo-Saxon" out of concern it evokes an exclusive racial identity that could evoke nationalism.
What the ‘Anglo Saxon traditions’ controversy says about our current moment April 20, 2021 More than 4 years ago Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) in February. (Susan Walsh/AP) ...
Some of the best sermons in English were written during days of national insecurity. What could a stylus-wielding 10th-century Anglo-Saxon Benedictine monk teach third-millennium Blackberry ...
Anglo-Saxon monasteries were more resilient to Viking attacks than previously thought, archaeologists have concluded. Lyminge, a monastery in Kent, was on the front line of long-running Viking ...
Archaeologists have discovered that the Anchor Church Caves may be one of the oldest intact domestic dwellings in Britain.
When this object was made, The Venerable Bede - monk, historian and scientist, was a monk at this monastery.Part of an early 8th century frieze from St Paul's Monastery in Jarrow, this carved ...
A medievalist explains what "Anglo-Saxon" really means—and why scholars are still concerned, even as the "America First Caucus" hits pause.
A monumental prehistoric henge has been unearthed in eastern England during excavations originally focused on finding traces of an Anglo-Saxon hermit, a recent study shows.
Only one other Anglo-Saxon temple or cult site has previously been found in England The discovery of a 1,400-year-old "possible temple" near Sutton Hoo is the latest in a series of archaeological ...
The intricate decoration of an ancient Anglo-Saxon silver cross buried for more than a millennium has been revealed for the first time, adding greater detail to one of Britain’s most remarkable ...