Anglo Saxon England

A common problem in Anglo Saxon England, as well as much of contemporary Europe, was the way cloth merchants could so easily cheat the common people. At a market, it was all too easy to ask for a yard of cloth, to see it measured against the merchant s yardstick, and pay for the cloth only to get home to learn just how short the merchant s stick was. Paying for 10 yards and coming home with only 9 yards was common, it seems and the problem was not restricted to just cloth, but also to leather and timber. 

Stenton FM. 1947. Anglo Saxon England . In Oxford History of England, 2nd edn. Oxford University Press Oxford 266. 

Cannabis in one form or another has been found in other parts of Europe as well during this early period of history. Hempen ropes, for instance, have been found in a well from a Roman fort in Dunbartonshire, Britain, which was occupied between A.D. 140 and 180. However, modem scientific studies of pollen in soil samples shows that cannabis was not cultivated in England until around A.D. 400 when the Anglo-Saxons migrated to the island from their homes in mainland Europe. Since they had no way of knowing if there would be enough cannabis in the lands they conquered to meet their needs, the Romans took hemp ropes with them. When these ropes wore out, orders were sent back home for replacements. The pieces of hemp rope from Dunbartonshire were thus made elsewhere and sent to England as part of the supplies needed for the occupation. 

Not quite. Norfolk is an English-ethnic planet so we do learn something of our heritage in school. I know that the England of what you say is your time was a pure Anglo-Saxon culture."... 

Cramer (1985) Cramer, J. Gelbes Fachwerk Denkmalpflege in Baden-Wiirttemberg 14 3 (1985) 161-167 Cramp Cronyn (1990) Cramp, R.J. Cronyn, J. Anglo-Saxon polychrome plaster and other materials from the excavations of Monkwearmouth and Jarrow an interim report Early medieval wall painting and painted sculpture in England based... 

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