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Why the Saxons Lost to the Vikings?
In this episode of Kings and Generals’ Medieval History series, we explore why the Anglo-Saxons were repeatedly defeated by ...
In a new blog post, a scholar in Anglo-Saxon nudity doubles down on his belief that the mystery appendage is a phallus, not a ...
All Anglo-Saxon homes were made from natural materials ... But normal Saxons, the ordinary ones, lived in ordinary houses. In the early days, Saxon buildings were made from wood because it ...
The Saxons named the town Dornwaraceaster (the suffix - ceaster being the Old English name for a "Roman town"; cf. Exeter and Gloucester and Dornsæte came into use as the name for the inhabitants of ...
TikTok is the home of Italian Brainrot memes. This trend features AI-generated characters and absurd humour. Tung Tung Tung ...
In Enough is Enuf, writer Gabe Henry wittily and engagingly confronts all of these questions head-on and arrives at a ...
May has a flower moon and the Eta Aquariids meteor shower in store. Here's everything you need to know about both ...
J.R.R. Tolkien called it “eucatastrophe” — the sudden turn to joy. It’s a pattern echoed in the best of literature and ...
but in May 1974 the site was at the centre of major research into a previous Anglo Saxon community. Archaeologists were pictured patiently sifting the soil to plot the early settlement.
A fascinating new project is aiming to literally unearth the hidden heritage and archaeology of Burnley and Nelson.
An MP called on the Government to consider moving some of its cultural institutions from London to Staffordshire during a ...