The Saxons commenced their conquests during the fifth century, but it was not until the year 720 that the earliest MS. preserved to us saw the light.
The Anglo-Saxon fashion and costume history. England c. 460 to 1066.
Category: England
Period Costumes and Fashion from England, Regency, Empire, Georgian, Directory, Victorian and Tudor dresses.
The dress of the Ancient Britons. The druidical robe.
British costume. The Britons. The druidical robe. Civil dress. The Sagum. The Tunic
Britannia Saxonica. Chronology of the Anglo-Saxons.
The Saxon Heptarchy in England. A map of Britain during the Saxon octarchy. ARMS OF THE ANGLO-SAXON KINGS.
Art work by Dale Grimshaw. East London, 2016.
Art work by Dale Grimshaw. East London, 2016.
Glynneath Wales. Costumes and plaids 19th c.
Glynneath Wales.
Albion. Ancient Britons. Fashion History of England.
The Cimmerii or Cimbrians and the Celtae or Celts, who wandered from the shores of the Thracian Bosphorus to the northern coasts of Europe.
St Michael’s Mount at Cornwall. Garrel Los y ‘Cos
St Michael’s Mount, Cornwall, tidal island, England,
Charles II in disguise aided in his escape by Jane Lane.
The Escape of Charles II after the battle of Worcester. Charles as William Jackson riding with Jane Lane to Bristol.
Sir Walter Raleigh and the New World. Founding of Roanoke.
Sir Walter Raleigh was one of the most brilliant and one of the most ambitious men at the court of Queen Elizabeth.
Hurdy-gurdy man. The Halfpenny Showman. Regency era.
Hurdy-gurdy. Organ grinder. The Halfpenny Showman. From: The Costume of Great Britain, by W.H. Pyne, 1808.