8th century
From Cunnan
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Events
- Sometime this century, Beowulf is probably written down.
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Significant persons
- Charles Martel
- The Venerable Bede, English scholar
- Pepin the short
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Inventions, Discoveries, Introductions
- heavy plow in use in the Rhine valley
- horsecollar in use in Northern Europe - perhaps introduced from Asia
- papermaking introduced from China to Arabs
- ca. 770: iron horseshoes come into common use
- Vikings raid Lindisfarne in 793
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Some Groups that Cover This Period
- SCA
- Re-Enactors
- Fire and Steel - Australia
- The Huscarls - Australia
- New England Medieval Arts Society - Australia
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