Saxon law did not allow you to eat hens which had drunk human blood, and a fifth of all Saxons had at least one broken bone by the age of 30 - if they weren't already dead. This book is a lively history of Anglo-Saxon life containing historical information about the Saxons and focusing on bizarre and unusual details. All the crucial facts about Anglo-Saxon times are delivered and placed in the context of Britain before the invasion by Saxons, where...