The first rule about being British is, you don’t talk about it… like Fight Club. It’s our main characteristic. This is one of ...

Today in History for Sept. 3: In 590, St. Gregory the Great was consecrated the 64th Catholic pope, ruling 14 years. His administration took responsibility for converting the Anglo-Saxon tribes in ...

There are certain accoutrements that rulers across time appear to have agreed are necessary symbols of power. You probably want a crown, which might be made of precious metal, leaves, or possibly even ...

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Imagine being an Anglo-Saxon in 1066, having everything ripped away—your home, your family’s land, your very identity—all lost to foreign conquerors. This was the brutal reality of a countless number ...

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(CNN) — Archaeologists have uncovered a key component of a mysterious artifact at Sutton Hoo, a National Trust site in Suffolk, England, famous for the seventh century Anglo-Saxon “ghost ship” burial ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a key component of a mysterious artifact at Sutton Hoo, a National Trust site in Suffolk, England, famous for the seventh century Anglo-Saxon “ghost ship” burial ...

Patrick Wormald, "Wulfstan (d. 1023)," Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford, 2004), http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/30098 (last accessed 31October ...

Researchers aim to unravel mysteries surrounding the transition to Anglo-Saxon dominance and understand how populations interacted during this time. The method promises to reveal genetic changes ...

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.