Anglo-Saxon Pagan Gods

Anglo-Saxon Pagan Gods were Germanic, with a pantheon of deities that included Woden, Thunor, Tiw and Frig. Its temples were wooden structures that leave scant traces in the landscape, but you can find evidence for their beliefs in cemeteries like Sutton Hoo.  We will visit the Sutton Hoo mask and find our more about this particular topc in our Fenruary Luecture 'East Anglia in the British Museum'

This lecture looks at such evidence and at literature such as Beowulf and the history written by the Christian scholar Bede.

Professor Hutton is Professor of History at the University of Bristol. He took degrees at Cambridge and then Oxford Universities, and was a fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. He is now a Fellow of the British Academy, the Royal Historical Society, the Society of Antiquaries and the Learned Society of Wales, and has won awards for teaching and research.  He has lectured…