![]() ![]() But I suppose you’d have to say the biggest is in the way we see the past, and especially in women’s history. There have been lots of new discoveries in manuscripts too. ![]() Or the recent electrifying discovery of the Danish camp at Torksey that has transformed our view of the Viking invasions and the campaigns of the Viking Great Army in the 870s – a turning point in English history. In archaeology, for example, think of the Staffordshire hoard, or the re-excavation of Sutton Hoo by Martin Carver whose new discoveries included fragments from a plundered ship burial of similar size and wealth as the one found in 1939. ![]() ![]() Important discoveries and major excavations have revolutionised our view of the period in the intervening time. It’s hard to believe the original edition of In Search of the Dark Ages was published forty years ago! When a new edition was proposed, though I had corrected it and done limited revisions over the years, I felt now the time had come for a major re-write. The new edition of In Search of the Dark Ages is published on the 40th anniversary of the old book, which elements did you have to update due to new understanding? Our editor, and MJ Porter, author of Son of Mercia, had the opportunity to pose a few questions, along with some readers of Aspects of History. Wood’s book of the series was published afterwards, and now, 40 years on, he has released a new edition. ![]()
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