Gesiþas Gewissa | Anglo-Saxon Heritage
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My name is Alec Newland, and this project aims to recreate the Anglo-Saxon culture of southern Britain between 650 and 700 A.D., from domestic crafts to the weapons and regalia of the warrior class, and, eventually, the development of an Anglo-Saxon farmstead and estate. Gesiþas Gewissa means ‘warriors of the Gewissæ’. Gesiþs were warrior companions to a king or chieftain, in exchange for gifts of gold and land. During the 7th century, Gesiþs became the landed aristocratic warrior class. The Gewissæ were an Anglo-Saxon tribe, with their heartland situated in the Upper Thames Valley and the Vale of the White Horse. During the 7th century, the Gewissæ expanded their territories south-west into the British lands of Wiltshire and Somerset. I was born and grew up in the same wooded valleys that the Gewissæ called home. Their legacy remains today, in the form of lonely burial mounds set upon hillsides, and ancient remnants of great border forests. This inspired the project and its name.
I Built a Medieval House Using Primitive Techniques | COMMENTARY
Gesiþas Gewissa | Anglo-Saxon Heritage · 1.5M views · 1 year ago
Gesiþas Gewissa | Anglo-Saxon Culture 650 - 700 A.D.
Gesiþas Gewissa | Anglo-Saxon Heritage · 63K views · 4 years ago
Spending a Medieval Summer on an Anglo-Saxon Homestead | Harvest, Hewing Timber and River Swimming
Gesiþas Gewissa | Anglo-Saxon Heritage · 112K views · 2 weeks ago
Making a Medieval Bed for the Anglo-Saxon House with Hand Tools | Early Medieval Carpentry
Gesiþas Gewissa | Anglo-Saxon Heritage · 357K views · 2 years ago
Spending a Medieval Winter on an Anglo-Saxon Homestead | Felling Trees, Carpentry and Hedge Laying
Gesiþas Gewissa | Anglo-Saxon Heritage · 493K views · 6 months ago
I Built a Medieval House Using Primitive Techniques | Start to Finish
Gesiþas Gewissa | Anglo-Saxon Heritage · 1.8M views · 1 year ago
Building a Medieval Forge and Blacksmith Shop by Hand | Anglo-Saxon Blacksmithing
Gesiþas Gewissa | Anglo-Saxon Heritage · 425K views · 2 years ago
Planting a Medieval Vegetable Garden Using the Historic Two Field System | Anglo-Saxon Farming
Gesiþas Gewissa | Anglo-Saxon Heritage · 186K views · 4 months ago
Making an Anglo-Saxon Shield with Historical Techniques - Part IV | Early Medieval Woodworking
Gesiþas Gewissa | Anglo-Saxon Heritage · 45K views · 1 year ago
Making Germanic Thorsberg Trousers by Hand | Anglo-Saxon Clothing and Early Medieval Sewing
Gesiþas Gewissa | Anglo-Saxon Heritage · 113K views · 2 years ago
Face to Face with an Anglo-Saxon King | Cenwalh of the Gewissæ and West Seaxe
Gesiþas Gewissa | Anglo-Saxon Heritage · 12K views · 11 months ago
Medieval Harvest Season and Cooking on an Anglo-Saxon Homestead | Historic Vegetable Garden
Gesiþas Gewissa | Anglo-Saxon Heritage · 157K views · 2 years ago
Making an Anglo-Saxon Shield with Just an Axe and a Knife - Part III | Early Medieval Woodworking
Gesiþas Gewissa | Anglo-Saxon Heritage · 48K views · 1 year ago
Building a Medieval Clay Oven in the Anglo-Saxon House - Part I | Romano-British Updraft Furnace
Gesiþas Gewissa | Anglo-Saxon Heritage · 254K views · 1 year ago
Midsummer on an Anglo-Saxon Farmstead | Medieval Vegetable Garden Update
Gesiþas Gewissa | Anglo-Saxon Heritage · 39K views · 2 years ago
Growing a Medieval Vegetable Garden for Self Sufficiency | Farming on an Early Anglo-Saxon Homestead
Gesiþas Gewissa | Anglo-Saxon Heritage · 82K views · 1 year ago
Making a Bowstring out of Linden Bast | Anglo-Saxon Bushcraft Cordage
Gesiþas Gewissa | Anglo-Saxon Heritage · 27K views · 3 years ago
Carving Wall Posts and Tenons for a Saxon Timber Granary - Part III | Early Medieval House Building
Gesiþas Gewissa | Anglo-Saxon Heritage · 34K views · 2 months ago
Making Medieval Arrows to Defend My Anglo-Saxon Farmstead | Germanic Nydam Style Archery
Gesiþas Gewissa | Anglo-Saxon Heritage · 94K views · 1 month ago
Defending West Seaxe against Mercian Raiders | Anglo-Saxon Warfare
Gesiþas Gewissa | Anglo-Saxon Heritage · 26K views · 11 months ago