So, the two paired up to investigate the reality of Anglo-Saxon cuisine. The pair analyzed food lists, both royal and nonroyal, from southern England during the reign of King Ine of Wessex (circa ...

Historians have long assumed that Anglo-Saxon kings and nobles ate far more meat than the rest of the population, but a new study suggests they actually consumed a lot of vegetarian food ...

But a pair of Cambridge co-authored studies published today in the journal Anglo-Saxon ... that Anglo-Saxon elites did eat large quantities of meat. open image in gallery A food list compiled ...

and the remains of food preparation and feasting, which indicated that vast quantities of beef and pork had been consumed there — a luxury at a time when Anglo-Saxons mainly ate vegetables.

By Maria Cramer Anglo-Saxon kings have long reigned in the popular ... but also by commoners, who provided the food, said Sam Leggett, a bioarcheologist at the University of Edinburgh and the ...

This is a collection of Anglo-Saxon pots. They were used for many thing. Some would be used like a saucepan to cook in, others would hold food and water, like our dishes and cups. The Anglo-Saxons ...

She was probably quite unwell and she travelled a long way to somewhere completely unfamiliar -- even the food was different ... to convert the pagan Anglo-Saxon kings, a process which continued ...

It is one of only 18 so-called "bed burials"—a rare Anglo-Saxon practice ... long way to somewhere completely unfamiliar—even the food was different. It seems that she was part of an elite ...

Anglo-Saxon kings had headed England since the fifth ... in exquisite detail—falcon-holding soldiers, battle gear, a food-filled table at the victory feast. Even different hair styles reveal ...