Crossing the Waters: Britain in the Dark Age

Romans, Brythons, Picts, Angles, Gaels, Saxons, and Jutes -- how did this kaleidoscopic welter of contending tribes crystallize into the medieval Christian kingdoms we know as England and Scotland? We consider the most tumultuous and mysterious period in British history, following the Roman withdrawal, as locals and Germanic migrants sought to assert power and maintain stability. Despite the great uncertainty, Britons mastered new knowledge, developed a poetic tradition, and passed on an enduring obsession with the sacred power of water. Sign up as a patron to hear all patron-only lectures: https://www.patreon.com/c/u5530632 Alternatively, non-patrons may purchase the entire playlist on English royal & dynastic history, including the lecture on “Anglo-Saxon England and the Vikings,” for one low flat fee: https://www.patreon.com/collection/2181996?view=condensed Find the new Lyceum platform and app -- www.lyceum.fm/ Cover image: 6th-century Anglo-Saxon inlaid gold disk brooch, found in gravesite in Kent. Image courtesy of Metropolitan Museum of Art.