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Welcome to Dr Sam Newton’s Wuffings’ Website Website, which aims to provide a focus for the study of Sutton Hoo and the history and culture of the Wuffing Kingdom of East Anglia, Beowulf<\/em>, and beyond.<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Header-picture above: \u00c6t Hr\u00e6dwaldes-Cyninges-Hl\u00e6we<\/strong>, \u2018At R\u00e6dwald\u2019s King\u2019s Barrow\u2019 (\u00a9Dr Sam Newton 2013, 2025).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please scroll down for information about (1) Wuffing Education study-days, study-mornings, and my weekly seminars, (2) available lectures, (3) about me and my works, (4) my books and other publications, and (5) some old but still occasionally useful resources for Wuffing & Sutton Hoo Studies. You might also be interested in my YouTube channel<\/a> . I also make occasional Wuffing Education uploads on the Facebook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Study-days, study-mornings, and weekly seminars (live and online) scheduled so far for 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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King \u00c6lfred and the Battle of Edington (May 878)<\/a><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

an online study-day with Dr Sam Newton FSA<\/strong><\/strong> on Friday 8th May 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Above: The Battle of Ethend\u00fan Memorial Stone (\u00a9Dr Sam Newton, 14th September 2002).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle<\/em><\/em> provides a dramatic and near-contemporary narrative of the events of the year 878, one of the great turning points in the history of England. From the Danish surprise attack on Wessex on 6th January and Alfred’s retreat to his island fortress of Athelney, to his victory at E\u00f0and\u00fan<\/em><\/em> (Edington) on or about 6th May and the subsequent baptism of the defeated Danish king around midsummer, we shall explore this narrative and attempt to locate the events to which it refers in the English landscape. We shall also consider the profound consequences of the battle for the history of the English-speaking peoples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday morning online seminars exploring the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle<\/em>, Early Summer 2026.<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n
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Above: W\u00f3dnesbeorg (Woden\u2019s Barrow), Wiltshire, mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, as shown here, as the site of battle in 592; another battle here is mentioned in the entry for 715 (\u00a9 Dr Sam Newton, 9th October 2008).<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A series of weekly online Monday morning seminars exploring the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle<\/em>, one of the primary cultural documents of the English-speaking peoples. Its language includes examples of the ancient English medium of alliterative poetry as well as some of the first original compositions in English prose, the linguistic style of which anticipates the language of the King James version of the Bible. Its great narrative scope also provides an Old Testament of English history. related texts, We shall consider closely this wonderful document in the light of Anglo-Saxon art, landscape studies, recent research, and new discoveries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Provisional Schedule:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n