Before he was “Great,” Alfred was just a prince with a sword and a brother on the throne. At Ashdown in 871, he faced the ...

The Vikings carried out many raids on Anglo-Saxon Britain – the first recorded raid was in 793. The Vikings continued to make regular raids around the coasts of England, ...

In this episode of Kings and Generals’ Medieval History series, we examine why the Anglo-Saxons consistently fell to the invading Vikings. Disunity among Saxon kingdoms, poor coordination, and ...

In CE 878, the Viking invasions became so dire that the Anglo-Saxons were close to being overrun by the Scandinavians, just as their Anglo-Saxon ancestors had besieged the Britons 400 years earlier.

Find out what happened to the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings. Learn facts about the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings in this BBC Bitesize guide for year 5/6.

British news outlet The Telegraph reported that the term "Anglo-Saxon" is under scrutiny at the University of Nottingham. "In a move to ‘decolonise the curriculum,’ professors have renamed a ...

A hoard of treasure including Viking jewellery and Saxon coins has been uncovered in Oxfordshire by an amateur archaeologist with a metal detector. James Mather, 60, ...

English cave may have ties to king-turned-saint and Viking invasion, ... July 17, 2021 More than 3 years ago. The exterior of the Anchor Church Cave showing what is likely a Saxon door and window.

Twenty-two pieces of silver bullion, including both raw ingots and flattened Viking arm rings, were discovered in the Galloway Hoard. Arm rings such as these, which are usually found in Ireland ...

"In many respects the Vikings were the medieval equivalent of organized crime," says Simon Keynes, a professor of Anglo-Saxon history at Cambridge University.

A unique gold and sapphire finger ring, found by a metal detectorist and just purchased by the Yorkshire Museum, almost certainly belonged to Anglo-Saxon or Viking royalty, very senior clergy or a ...