After Alfred, Anglo-Saxon kings took the Danelaw land territories back from the Vikings. Alfred's grandson, Athelstan, pushed English power north as far as Scotland. He was the first 'King of all ...

The Saxons’ defeat by the Vikings was shaped by disunity, strategy, and timing. This account examines how internal rivalries, ...

After Alfred, Anglo-Saxon kings took the Danelaw territories back from the Vikings. Alfred's grandson, Athelstan, pushed English power north as far as Scotland and was the first king to claim to be ...

Anglo-Saxon monasteries were more resilient against brutal Viking raids than previously thought. This is the conclusion of a new archaeological study from the University of Reading, which found ...

People with Scandinavian ancestry were in Britain long before the Anglo-Saxons or the Vikings turned up, researchers have found after studying the genetics of an ancient Roman buried in York, reports ...

The gallery tells the story of life in East Anglia after the Romans left and showcases the Castle's fine collection of Anglo-Saxon & Viking material. At the gallery's entrance, a recreation of an ...

Going 'Flexitarian' – eating mostly plant-based foods with the occasional bit of meat – has been championed as the way forward for a sustainable future. But it seems the growing trend may have roots ...

Pillaging Vikings did not wipe out England's Anglo-Saxon monks after all as archaeologists found that the Kent monastery survived repeated attacks from Norse invaders for nearly a century. Lyminge was ...

Beneath Oxford University, archaeologists have uncovered a medieval city that altered the course of English history David Keys British archaeologists looking for evidence of prehistoric activity in ...

It's official. The Anglo-Saxons are getting canceled. The move comes more than 1,000 years too late for the previously ascendant Romano-British who couldn't resist these Germanic peoples who showed up ...