These documents are collectively called the Chronicles. Most Anglo-Saxons were farmers and lived off the land. They were able to make equipment such as ploughs and tools to help them in their work.

At this time, the Jutes and the Frisians from Denmark were also settling in the British Isles, but the Anglo-Saxon settlers were effectively their own masters in a new land and they did little to ...

Archaeologists have announced a major discovery dating back to as early as the 6th century after finding the buried remains of over 20 people and a range of grave goods.

A replica Anglo-Saxon farm settlement is hosting finds discovered at a "unique" 1,400-year-old palace complex. More than 50 artefacts discovered during an excavation at Rendlesham, Suffolk ...

When the Black Death hit London, England in 1348 CE, it began to affect the English language. Due to the class struggle ...

Anglo-Saxon kings were mostly vegetarian before the Vikings settled, according to new studies. Cambridge University researchers analysed more than 2,000 skeletons and found elites ate no more meat ...

Having initiated the dig on her land in 1938, she took a close interest ... as first assumed, but Anglo-Saxon. The significance of Sutton Hoo was instantly recognized. The largest Anglo-Saxon ...

CANTERBURY, ENGLAND—The Guardian reports that a sword dated to the sixth century has been discovered in an Anglo-Saxon cemetery in southeastern England. The weapon features a gild and silver ...