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How the Vikings Defeated the Anglo-Saxons
In this episode of Kings and Generals’ Medieval History series, we examine why the Anglo-Saxons consistently fell to the ...
From barbarian invaders to devout Christian missionaries, the Anglo-Saxons brought four hundred years of religious evolution and shifting political power to the British Isles. English owes much to ...
Archaeologists have uncovered a key component of a mysterious artifact at Sutton Hoo, a National Trust site in Suffolk, ...
The formation of England is a story that spans thousands of years, filled with battles, invasions, and the merging of different cultures and peoples. In this video, we uncover the key events that led ...
While searching a field in southwest England, metal detectorists stumbled ... garnets and studded with tiny beads of gold, was an Anglo-Saxon ring. But as fellow detectorist Chris Phillips ...
Metal detectorists have found a rare gold and garnet raven head in southwestern England’s Wiltshire from the Anglo-Saxon period about 1,400 years ago. They have also unearthed a gold band or ...
The artefacts have been dated to the Anglo-Saxon era of 7th century AD, Paul Gould, one of the two detectorists who found them in January said. It’s not clear what the raven head represented but ...
More than a hundred years earlier, the Anglo-Saxons scored a definitive victory in a battle that led to the creation of the nation of England itself. The 937 A.D. Battle of Brunanburh was known ...
Metal detectorists have found a rare gold and garnet raven head in southwestern England’s Wiltshire from the Anglo-Saxon period about 1,400 years ago. They have also unearthed a gold band or ring ...
Plans are being put together to honour a warrior ruler. The houses would be built on ground thought to have staged a battle between Saxons and Danes. A Danish metal detectorist's find raises ...