The eight-part series King and Conqueror will tell the story of Harold and William’s epoch-defining struggle for the throne of England in 1066. Some Anglo-Saxon characters, including a real 11th ...

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 ...

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 ...

An excavation has revealed an elaborate hall in the east of England of early Anglo-Saxon kings, which was used for feasting by monarchs and their warriors roughly 1,400 years ago. When you ...

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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 ...

I think the idea of England and the allegiance to the English crown and English law was created by the Anglo-Saxon successors of Alfred the Great - long before 1066. Let me give you an ...

Although Harold is famous for being England’s last Anglo-Saxon king, he only reigned for just over nine months. His defeat and death at the Battle of Hastings was arguably the single most ...