In this episode, we explore Wales during the Viking Age, a time marked by fierce resistance and cultural resilience. As Norse ...

A blue plaque was unveiled at Chippenham Museum to honour King Alfred. The museum is believed to have been the site of Alfred's 'royal ville' or hunting lodge. The plaque commemorates his victory for ...

In the 9th century the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms came under increasing attack from the Vikings, culminating in the invasion by the ...

Assassins, royal marriages and diplomatic gift-giving: historian and archaeologist Max Adams explains how the kings of Mercia ...

Victrix Miniatures are now taking pre-orders for the new English edition of Pillage, which they have worked on with their ...

When Sihtric died a year later in 927, Athelstan seized the opportunity to take his kingdom. He thus became the first Anglo-Saxon ruler to rule over all of England. That same year, kings of Scotland, ...

Long before modern England came to be, Brixworth’s All Saints’ Church stood as an important landmark in the heart of Britain’s Anglo-Saxon territory. By David Nikel , Senior Contributor.

By studying the skeletal remains of the Anglo-Saxons and especially the skull shapes, researchers have discovered that these legendary warriors were "the fruit of a mixture of people from two ...

British news outlet The Telegraph reported that the term "Anglo-Saxon" is under scrutiny at the University of Nottingham. "In a move to ‘decolonise the curriculum,’ professors have renamed a ...

A university has removed the term Anglo-Saxon from module titles in a bid to 'decolonise the curriculum.' The University of Nottingham is removing the expression from a number of courses ...

Clockwise from top left: Silver penny of Offa, Anglo-Saxon king of Mercia (front and back); silver coin of Cynethryth, Anglo-Saxon queen of Mercia (front and back); silver penny of Alfred the ...