Saxons may well have been numerous in Britain before the fall of the Empire. By about AD 490, they were establishing their own kingdoms on the island, in Kent, Sussex, Wessex and East Anglia.
After Alfred, Anglo-Saxon kings took the Danelaw land territories back from the Vikings. Alfred's grandson, Athelstan, pushed English power north as far as Scotland. He was the first 'King of all ...
A strong and successful leader became 'cyning', the Anglo-Saxon word for 'king'. Each king ruled a kingdom and led a small army. The Anglo-Saxon kings were from ruling families who passed ...
The Bayeux Tapestry culminates in William’s victory in the Battle of Hastings. However, earlier artwork from the time also ...
Archaeologists have discovered the site of the long-lost palace of England’s last Anglo-Saxon king.
Archaeologists pinpoint the site of King Harold’s elite residence, depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry, using a surprising clue: ...
Presenting fresh archaeological evidence, Dr Duncan Wright shares how a team of experts might have found the lost living ...
Archaeologists have uncovered evidence that a house in Bosham, West Sussex, was once the residence of Harold Godwinson, the last Anglo-Saxon King of England. The site appears in the famous Bayeux ...
Eardwulf's rule came during a volatile period in medieval England when seven major kingdoms and over 200 kings ... all designed in a style consistent with Saxon architecture.