Lunchtime Lecture - Weapons of the Anglo Saxons and Vikings

Part of our Lunchtime Lecture series 'Rethinking the Dark Ages', this talk will provide an interactive look at Dark Age weaponry

Join The Collection's Erik Grigg and Jonathan Kinsley for a talk and practical look at the weaponry in use during the Anglo Saxon and Vikings periods in England.


Lunchtime Lectures start at 12.30 in the museum auditorium, and last for approximately 30 minutes.

This event is FREE and there is no need to book.

See the other lectures in this series:

17 January 2014 - 'Is the Anglo Saxon invasion a myth?' (Erik Grigg, The Collection)

21 February 2014 – 'The Viking Torksey Project' (Dr Gareth Perry, University of Sheffield)

21 March 2014 – 'Early Medieval finds and the Portable Antiquities Scheme' (Adam Daubney, PAS)

11 April 2014 – 'Anglo Saxon Hanging Bowls' (Dawn Heywood, The Collection)

16 May 2014 – 'Weapons of the Anglo Saxons and Vikings' (Erik Grigg and Jonathan Kinsley, The Collection)

13 June 2014 – 'Recent Early Medieval acquisitions at The Collection' (Antony Lee, The Collection)