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• - An extensive bibliography arranged in categories by Simon Keynes.
  
• - Carole Biggam's study guide incorporates a range of topics categorised by subject and includes links to online sources.
  
• - Geography, acendancy, and decline of the Kingdom of Mercia, and the earldom as it existed under the Danelaw.
  
• - The online newsletter of Anglo-Saxon studies at the University of Georgia.
  
• - Robert Vermaat's look at British history c.400-600 AD. Includes discussions of the evidence for Vortigern and the Wansdyke earthwork.
  
• - An international scholarly organization dedicated to the study of Viking, Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Norman, and early Angevin history and the history of neighboring areas and peoples.
  
• - Complete modern English translation published by the Online Medieval and Classical Library (OMACL).
  
• - Explores the early medieval kingdom of East Anglia and its Wuffing dynasty as well as aspects of the literature, legend, history, and archaeology of Anglo-Saxon England.
  
• - Primary sources, a timeline and commentary by Howard Wiseman.
  
• - An historical society devoted to the study of all aspects the Anglo-Saxon period. Aims, articles, Anglo-Saxon calendar and forum.
  
• - Map by Matthew White, hosted by Georgetown University.
  
• - Bede was an 8th century monk who wrote a classic history of Britain, most of which is available as a translated, public domain document.
  
• - This living history group provides articles on Anglo-Saxon times with illustrations and references. Includes a virtual village, manor and minster.
  
• - The British Academy and Royal Historical Society describe their new edition of the corpus of Anglo-Saxon charters. Includes online versions of Sawyer's catalogue and Regesta Regum Anglorum.
  
• - A comprehensive series of original material and contemporary sources relating to England before the Norman conquest.
  
• - Biography by Asser, Bishop of Sherborne, written c.888. E-text hosted by the Online Medieval and Classical Library.
  
• - Anthony Bradshaw explains this Saxon document which lists the fortified burhs of Wessex, with maps.
  
• - Discover how the Anglo-Saxons lived with an interactive guide to 8th-century English life. A guide for schoolchildren which aims to cover KS2 QCA Scheme of Work Unit 8b: 'Anglo-Saxons case study'.
  
• - Argues that the battle at which King Athelstan finally defeated the Danes was fought on a site near the present Burnley in Lancashire where the River Brun has its source. Battle account, maps and photographs.
  
• - Jeremy Haslam presents working drafts of two scholarly articles: "The defeat of the Vikings in Mercia and London" and "The Burghal Hidage - a reassessment" with bibliography.
  
• - Sean Miller provides an introduction, timeline, dates, lists of rulers and archbishops, maps, texts and translations, including a searchable database of charters.
  
• - Illustrated guide from Bury St Edmunds and Beyond to the reconstructed village on a site excavated at West Stow.
  
• - Aims to further all aspects of Anglo-Saxon Studies and holds a conference every other year.
  
• - Student essays about Anglo-Saxon England by William Bakken and a thesis about the relationship of King Cnut with the English Church.