The Staffordshire Hoard and the Rise and Fall of Mercia

with Dr Sam Newton

at Tranmer House, Sutton Hoo (map)
on Saturday, 16th January 2010

A preliminary look at some of the recently revealed Mercian royal treasures from Staffordshire. In their golden light we shall take a fresh look at the history of the kingdom of Mercia and of early England, and suggest possible contexts for the accumulation and burial of the hoard.

Sam Newton was awarded his Ph.D at UEA in 1991 and is the author of The Origins of Beowulf and the pre-Viking Kingdom of East Anglia (1993), and The Reckoning of King Rædwald, (2003). He has lectured widely around the country and has contributed to many radio and television programmes, most recently Michael Wood on Beowulf, shown on BBC4. He is also a Director of Wuffing Education, NADFAS lecturer, and Time Team historian.

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