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Saxon (other)
The Saxons were a confederation of Germanic tribes during the Early Middle Ages, and formed part of the merged group of Anglo-Saxons. Saxon may also refer to: Places United States * Saxon, South Carolina, a census-designated place * Saxon, West Virginia, an unincorporated community * Saxon, Wisconsin, a town ** Saxon (CDP), Wisconsin, an unincorporated census-designated place within the town * Saxon Harbor, a harbor in Wisconsin * Saxon Boulevard, a road in Volusia County, Florida Elsewhere * Saxon, Switzerland, a district of Martigny, canton of Valais * Saxon River, New Zealand * Saxon Elbeland, area near a river in Germany * Saxon Uplands, hilly countryside in Saxony, Germany Arts and entertainment * Saxon (band), a British heavy metal band, formed in 1976 ** ''Saxon'' (album), a 1979 debut album by the band Saxon * The Saxons, the original name of Scottish pop band Bay City Rollers * Sky Saxon, a stage name of American rock and roll musician Richard Marsh (1937-2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saxons
The Saxons ( la, Saxones, german: Sachsen, ang, Seaxan, osx, Sahson, nds, Sassen, nl, Saksen) were a group of Germanic * * * * peoples whose name was given in the early Middle Ages to a large country (Old Saxony, la, Saxonia) near the North Sea coast of northern Germania, in what is now Germany. In the late Roman Empire, the name was used to refer to Germanic coastal raiders, and as a name similar to the later "Viking". Their origins are believed to be in or near the German North Sea coast where they appear later, in Carolingian times. In Merovingian times, continental Saxons had been associated with the activity and settlements on the coast of what later became Normandy. Their precise origins are uncertain, and they are sometimes described as fighting inland, coming into conflict with the Franks and Thuringians. There is possibly a single classical reference to a smaller homeland of an early Saxon tribe, but its interpretation is disputed. According to this proposal, the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saxon (film)
''Saxon'' is a 2007 independent British film. The film is written and directed by Greg Loftin, produced by Elise Valmorbida and starring Sean Harris in his first feature lead role. The world premiere on 22 August 2007 was part of the British Gala selection of the Edinburgh International Film Festival. Synopsis London, the present. Soon after leaving prison, Fast Eddie has his eye cut out by a loan shark chasing an old debt. Eddie's other eye will only be spared upon repayment. Desperate for cash, Eddie phones Linda, a childhood sweetheart. She lives in SAXON - a ghost-town of grim flats run by a corrupt council. Linda is very wealthy. Her husband Kevin won a million pounds on a TV quiz show. But Kevin has gone missing, feared dead. Eddie offers his services as an amateur sleuth, and so embarks on a comically gruesome journey through the surreal underworld of Saxon: the place where he grew up, the place where his mother works as a prostitute, the place where he murdered a baili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Pronzini
Bill Pronzini (born April 13, 1943) is an American writer of detective fiction. He is also an active anthologist, having compiled more than 100 collections, most of which focus on mystery, western, and science fiction short stories. Pronzini is known as the creator of the San Francisco-based Nameless Detective, who starred in over 40 books from the early 1970s into the 2000s. Biography William John Pronzini was born in Petaluma, California in 1943. He attended local schools. He has been married three times. The first marriage was to Laura Patricia Adolphson (1965, divorced 1966); the second was to Brunhilde Schier (July 28, 1972, separated December 1985, divorced a couple of years later). He married mystery writer Marcia Muller in 1992. They have collaborated on several novels: ''Double'' (1984), a Nameless Detective novel, ''The Lighthouse'' (1987), ''Beyond the Grave'' (1986), several books in the Carpenter and Quincannon mystery series, and numerous anthologies. DeAnd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saxon McEwan
Matthew Clark McEwan (5 October 1865 – 14 April 1899), known as Saxon McEwan, was a Scotland international rugby union player.Bath, p137 Rugby Union career Amateur career McEwan played for Edinburgh Academicals The Edinburgh Academical Football Club, also known as Edinburgh Accies, is a rugby union club in Edinburgh, Scotland. The club is currently a member of the Scottish Premiership, the top tier of Scottish club rugby. Its home ground is Raeburn Pl .... He earned the nickname 'Saxon'. Provincial career McEwan played for East of Scotland District against West of Scotland District on 31 January 1885. He again played for East of Scotland District in the 1886 fixture, the 1887 fixture, and the 1888 fixture. He captained the East side in the 1889 match. McEwan played for Edinburgh District in the 1886 inter-city fixture against Glasgow District, the 1887 fixture and the 1888 fixture. International career McEwan was capped fifteen times for between 1886 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruno The Saxon
Bruno the Saxon (Latin: ''Bruno Saxonicus''), also known as Bruno of Merseburg (German: ''Brun von Merseburg'') or Bruno of Magdeburg, was a German chronicler of the eleventh century and author of the ''Historia de Bello Saxonico'' ('History of the Saxon War'). Life Little is known of his life. Bruno was probably from an aristocratic background. He was a Saxon monk belonging to the household of Archbishop Werner of Magdeburg, who was a vigorous opponent of Henry IV and one of the leaders of the Saxon uprising against the emperor. After the death of the archbishop in 1078 at the hands of peasants, Bruno attached himself to Werner of Wolkenburg, Prince-Bishop of Merseburg, to whom, in 1082, he dedicated the work, "De Bello Saxonico" by which he is chiefly known. As its name indicates, it is a record of the struggles of the Saxons with the Emperor Henry IV. The author begins with an account of the youth of Henry and the evil influence exerted over him by Archbishop Adalbert of Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saxon (surname)
Saxon is an English toponymic surname. The name is derived from the Old English ''Seaxe tun'', meaning "Saxon village". People with the surname include: * Alex Saxon (actor) (born 1987), American actor * Arthur Saxon (1878–1921), German strongman and circus performer * Avon Saxon (c. 1857–1909), Canadian opera singer * Charles Saxon (1920–1988), American cartoonist for ''The New Yorker'' * David S. Saxon (1920–2005), American physicist, educator and President of University of California system * Edgar J. Saxon (1877–1956), British naturopath and writer * Edward Saxon (born 1956), American film producer *Gar Saxon, a fictional Star Wars character in the animated series Star Wars Rebels and Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series) * Henry Saxon (1918–2005), English artist specialising in miniatures * Isaiah Saxon (born 1983), American film and music video director * James Saxon (painter) (1772–1819 or later), British portrait painter * James Saxon (actor) (1955–20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saxon (given Name)
Saxon is the given name of: * Saxon Gregory-Hunt (born 1993), New Zealander competitive weightlifter * Saxon W. Holt (1871-1940), American politician *Saxon Huxley (born 1988), British professional wrestler * Saxon Jenkins (1907-1989), Welsh landscape painter *Saxon Judd (1919–1990), American football player *Saxon McEwan, Scottish rugby football player * Saxon Rice (born 1976), Australian politician *Saxon Sharbino (born 1999), American actress *Saxon Sydney-Turner (1880-1962), member of the Bloomsbury Group *Saxon White Saxon William White (born 9 March 1934) is an Australian academic and former national representative rugby union centre. He made a total of seven international rugby representative appearances for Australia. He was the Foundation Professor of H ... (born 1934), American medical researcher and academic and former rugby union player {{given name Unisex given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Saxon Stories
''The Saxon Stories'' (also known as ''Saxon Tales''/''Saxon Chronicles'' in the US and ''The Warrior Chronicles'' and most recently as ''The Last Kingdom'' series) is a historical novel series written by Bernard Cornwell about the birth of England in the ninth and tenth centuries. The series consists of 13 novels. The protagonist of the series is Uhtred of Bebbanburg, born to a Saxon lord in Northumbria. He is captured as a child and adopted by a Danish warlord. The name of the fictional protagonist comes from the historical Uhtred the Bold; Cornwell is a descendant of this family. The story begins with the conquest of all but one of the major Saxon kingdoms by the Danes, with Wessex, the last kingdom, nearly overrun. Alfred the Great, King of Wessex, rallies his forces and begins the long struggle to fulfill his ambition of uniting all English speakers in one realm. Uhtred, despite his inclinations otherwise, repeatedly fights and schemes to bring about Alfred's dream ove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sächsische Weltchronik
The ''Sächsische Weltchronik'' ("Saxon World Chronicle") is a universal history written in German language, German prose. It is not clear in which regional form of German the original was written. Of the twenty-four surviving manuscripts, ten are in Middle Low German, Low German, nine in Middle High German, High German and five in Central German. These can be divided into three recensions, the earliest dated to 1229 and the latest to 1277. The 98-line verse prologue is always in High German. The ''Weltchronik'' is the oldest historical work in German prose. The ''Kaiserchronik'' is earlier, but in verse. The ''Weltchronik'' of Rudolf von Ems is contemporary, but also verse. Ludwig Weiland, who made a critical edition for the Monumenta Germaniae Historica in 1877, gave it the conventional title by which it is most commonly known. The Editio princeps, first edition was prepared by Hans Ferdinand Massmann in 1857, but was based on only one manuscript.Massmann titled his work ''Das Ze ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saxon Greeting
The Saxon Greeting, or ''Sachsengruss'', is a gymnastic routine made famous by the Werk Glaube und Schönheit (Faith and Beauty Society), an organisation set up in Nazi Germany for young women aged between 17 and 21, and part of the Bund Deutscher Mädel (League of German Girls). The routine involved rhythmic dancing and knee bending exercises specifically designed to show off the female physique, and the dancers wore short white gymnastic outfits similar to those of the Women's League of Health and Beauty in the United Kingdom. In the years prior to the Second World War the society often toured outside Germany giving displays in other countries. The ''Sachsengruss'', or ''Saroquette'', is also a type of rose bred in Germany before the First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Machinesmith
Machinesmith (Samuel "Starr" Saxon) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, most notably as a regular enemy of Captain America. He specializes in robotics, and is able to make convincing robotic doubles of other superhumans. His own mind was ultimately transferred to a robotic body. Publication history The character first appeared in '' Daredevil'' #49 (Feb. 1969), and briefly appeared as a character using the Mister Fear identity shortly thereafter in ''Daredevil'' #54 (July 1969). The character first appeared as Machinesmith in ''Marvel Two-in-One'' #47 (Jan. 1979). His robotic features looked nothing like his human ones, and it was not established until later in ''Captain America'' #249 (Sept. 1980) that Machinesmith and Starr Saxon are the same character. Barry Windsor-Smith has stated that the character was supposed to be presented as gay in ''Daredevil'' #50; however, the early art was not good enough to get the point across. Other i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Saxon
Peter Saxon is a pen name used by various thriller authors from the 1950s to the 1970s. History The pseudonym "Peter Saxon" was originally used by Irish pulp fiction writer and journalist W. Howard Baker at Amalgamated Press, mostly for novels in the Sexton Blake series. One of these Sexton Blake novels, ''Crime Is My Business'', was made into the 1958 film, ''Murder at Site 3'', by Hammer Film Productions. In 1965, Baker moved to a different publisher, Mayflower Books, and continued writing Sexton Blake novels as "Peter Saxon", but Mayflower also began to use this pen-name as a house pseudonym for works by other authors. ''The Disorientated Man'' was a Peter Saxon conspiracy thriller mainly written by Stephen Frances and edited by Baker; it was adapted as the 1970 film, ''Scream and Scream Again'', starring Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Alfred Marks, Michael Gothard, and Peter Cushing. The occult detective fiction Occult detective fiction is a subgenre of detective fiction t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
