8th century

Events

• Sometime this century, Beowulf is probably written down.

Significant persons

• Charles Martel
• The Venerable Bede, English scholar
• Pepin the short

Inventions, Discoveries, Introductions

• heavy plow in use in the Rhine valley
• horsecollar in use in Northern Europe - perhaps introduced from Asia
• papermaking introduced from China to Arabs
• ca. 770: iron horseshoes come into common use
• Vikings raid Lindisfarne in 793

Some Groups that Cover This Period

• SCA
• Re-Enactors
  • Fire and Steel - Australia
  • The Huscarls - Australia
  • New England Medieval Arts Society - Australia

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See also:

• 7th Century
• 9th Century
• Period