2.6 Life in Warland

Anglo Saxon England Podcast by David Crowther

Apr 3, 202449:23Society & Culture

Warland was held by all free Anglo Saxon families, and so called because the resources of the land were to be used for the waru , defence of the land. That might mean military defence - but it was a much more general con...

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