The Anglo-Saxon Year
The passing seasons and sub-divisions of the year have always been of a concern for people and many prehistoric monuments depend on lunar and solar alignments. By the Anglo-Saxon period the west of Britain had adopted Celtic Christianity, whilst the remainder passed, after a brief period of Christianity, through around 200 years of pagan worship before returning to Continental Christianity. This half-day will examine the months and seasons, their festivals and their relationships with the farming year under the various religious frameworks using the stories and poetry of the period together with the sparse archaeological evidence.

Dr Judie English, FSA, MCIfA
My earliest archaeological experience was in excavation, firstly on prehistoric sites in Wessex and then several years rescue work. Eventually I became more interested in what went on beyond the trench and am now mainly involved in landscape archaeology. This necessitates some knowledge of monuments as diverse as Bronze Age barrows and 19th century military earthworks but my main interests lie in European Late Prehistory and developments after the retreat of the Roman Empire.
After many years in medical research at Surrey University I undertook doctoral research with the late Peter Drewett and David Rudling at Sussex University and have been teaching for about 25 years at the CCE at Sussex University, Collyers College, Horsham and various adult education classes.