Vikings was seen from the start as one of the best historical dramas of recent times on television. Netflix brought its ...

Vikings is a History Channel series inspired by the documented sagas of Ragnar Lothbrok (Travis Fimmel), a legendary Norse ...

A history enthusiast and poet from Burnley believes his home town was the site of a bloody and legendary Anglo-Saxon battle.

A METAL detectorist has accidentally discovered a 1000-year-old Viking sword fragment with unique animal carvings. The ...

A history enthusiast and poet from Burnley believes his home town was the site of a bloody and legendary Anglo-Saxon battle.

There are six songs to learn and seven dramas to explore, including Alfred the Great, Athelstan, the story of Beowulf (told in three episodes) and the end of the Anglo-Saxon dynasty in 1066 at The ...

The Economic History Review, Vol. 71, Issue. 4, p. 1360. The workings of royal and ecclesiastical authority in Anglo-Saxon England can only be understood on the basis of direct engagement with ...

York, once known as Jorvik, was a thriving Viking hub that connected Europe, Asia, and Africa through trade and governance.

Map showing The Danelaw in yellow The Danelaw was established in the north and east of England as the Vikings took control and ripped apart the established Anglo-Saxon heptarchy. Northumbria, East ...

The early Anglo-Saxon creator was imitating a Roman coin called a solidus, showing the emperor Honorius on one side and a figure holding a banner on the other A "very unusual" gold pendant made by ...

York, once known as Jorvik, was a vital Viking hub connecting the world through trade, governance, and cultural exchange. Exotic goods like silk and silver flowed through its markets, but so did ...

An English linguistic identity was first systematically propagated by Alfred the Great who, from 871 to 899 BCE, not only ...