Sue's favourite Anglo-Saxon sword I Curator's Corner S4 Ep4 #CuratorsCorner #SuttonSue

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  @cloud9847 · 7 years ago

  1500yrs from now someone will find a foam sword remains somewhere and study it.

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  @MillionDollarPersianMDP · 7 years ago

  No wonder it's her favorite. It's as close to time travel as we can get. This warrior wrote us a message 1500 years ago and upon reading it in the proper context we get to relive his life in our imagination. This is the kind of stuff that makes history real and reminds us that these ancient people were just us in a different time

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  @Exile89-19 · 7 years ago

  Sue is a very good presenter.

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  @Danheron2 · 4 years ago (edited)

  “This is my sword, there are many like it but this one’s mine”  an Anglo Saxon soldier probably

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  @karlish8799 · 7 years ago

  more visits to Sue's corner please! Anglo saxon history is my favourite :D.

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  @LiberRaider · 7 years ago

  I think about a warrior dying long ago, yet having his thoughts and feelings a analyzed by someone like Sue ages and centuries later. The life has faded but that one rune preserved a piece of his thoughts, his soul to this day that now lives in all of our minds. Very powerful.

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  @michaelnuss372 · 7 years ago

  Beware of an old man in a profession where the men die young

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  @NomaddUK · 3 years ago

  I love Sue.  She has such a passion for history that it is infectious.  I already love history but Sue just makes it that bit extra special.  Thanks Sue.

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  @TheOnlyDamien · 7 years ago

  Wow this is easily my favorite Curator's Corner by far, I loved the passion you can tell she has for these things and the history the swords themselves exude.

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  @R0gue0ne · 7 years ago

  I wish someone would look at me the way Sue looks at that sword....

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  @mikemiller1646 · 7 years ago

  Anglo Saxon and Danish lords are often described as "ring givers". I had always thought this meant they gave expensive finger rings as rewards and bribes. The information about the rings on the swords would indicate a ring giver was someone who inspired loyalty bound by oaths, which seems much more heroic than someone just doling out trinkets as gifts.

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  @dalegray934 · 6 years ago

  I first ran into honoring wear and tear of older items in my youth in the American west.  One of the few jobs available to rural youth was "bucking hay", that is loading hay bails in the field onto wagons to be transported to hay yards.  In that profession, we all wore haying chaps (pronounced sh-a-ps) to protect our legs.  These were hard-worn utility items that were handed down father to son.  Often repaired with heavy crude patches.  You could tell a lot about someone's experience (or family back ground) by the chaps they wore.  My own were third-generation chaps, ugly, stained and worn, but gave me instant acceptance on my first day of the job.  Fifty years later, I am still using them and have added a few repairs of my own.  Doubt I will be buried with them though. So when you talked about the wear and tear and the non-compatible decorations/repairs, it made a lot of sense to me.

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