Rendlesham and the East Anglian Kingdom: Investigating an Early English Royal Centre and its Contexts

Explores the rediscovery of Rendlesham, revealing its role in early East Anglian power.

Lost for centuries, the site of the East Anglian royal settlement at Rendlesham is now giving up its secrets. Noted by the Venerable Bede as a place of royal baptism in the seventh century CE, its location has been pin-pointed and its archaeology investigated. The settlement flourished from the early fifth century CE, but was at its peak between the late sixth and early eighth centuries – when it was larg...