The earl was the king's ‘right hand man’ in a shire. The position was not hereditary, but it became usual in the 10th century to choose earls from a few outstanding families. The upper group ...
Ancient costumes of England, 1813 saxon shield stock illustrations Anglo Saxon Chief, Trumpeter and Warrior, 10th Century Vintage engraving of Anglo Saxon Chief, Trumpeter and Warrior, 10th Century.
It is a tale of endless war and at the end of it, in the early years of the 10th Century, a new nation is ... in the Somerset marshes it seemed that Saxon Britain was doomed, and that Alfred ...