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The term Anglo-Saxon has been removed from a University’s module titles to tackle “nationalist narratives”. The University of Nottingham offers leading courses in Anglo-Saxon history and ...
LONDON — Newly revealed human remains could offer a rare glimpse into life in Britain through the decline of the Roman Empire and the establishment of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. Experts have hailed ...
Archaeologists announce discovery of Anglo-Saxon cemetery with bodies and treasures dating back 1,500 years. One of the most notable discoveries was the burial of a teenage girl and child.
The Anglo-Saxon ascendancy ended in 1066, when the last Anglo-Saxon king, Harold, suffered a devastating defeat at the hands of the Normans, who were notably brutal and, one must say, as white as ...
S ay the term “Anglo-Saxon” to most people, and they’re likely to picture the Smashing Saxons from Horrible Historiesor the protagonists of Bernard Cornwell’s The Last Kingdom. In the ...
Learn about and revise what Anglo-Saxon society was like before 1066 with this BBC Bitesize GCSE History (Edexcel) study guide.
A rare sixth-century sword has been uncovered in an Anglo-Saxon burial site near Canterbury, England. This remarkable find offers new insights into early medieval life and could reshape our ...
Britain’s most spectacular Anglo-Saxon treasures may well have been captured on a series of Dark Age battlefields – during bitter conflicts between rival English kingdoms.. Archaeologists, who ...
Anglo-Saxon England, which has been running since the 1970s, was renamed Early Medieval England and its Neighbours by Cambridge University Press during a relaunch earlier this week.
The sixth-century burial of an Anglo-Saxon teenage girl surprised archaeologists when they discovered a small third-century Roman goblet full of pig fat near her head.
The last Anglo-Saxon King of England. Harold Godwinson (Harold II) ruled for only nine months in 1066 before he was killed in the critical Battle of Hastings. His residence Bosham, on the coast of ...