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Don’t break the rules or horrible things will happen to you!

Claire Skinner from The Dorset History Centre called in to the studio and told us about their earliest document which is an Anglo-Saxon charter from 965 AD, which contains lots of dire threats if people break the conditions of the charter, all very gruesome! It was to feature in a lunchtime talk by Claire at the History Centre, which are free take place on the last Wednesday of the month. Claire explained more to Andy Senior…

You can find out more about the lunchtime talks ‘From the Stacks’ here: dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/dorset-history-centre-blog/2025/04/18/from-the-stacks/

Anglo-Saxon charter from 965 AD. Image: Dorset History Centre

Anglo-Saxon charter from 965 AD. Image: Dorset History Centre

Claire Skinner

Claire at KeeP 106