Aethelred failed to prepare for the Viking raids and invasions that would later bring Cnut to the throne of England, forging ...

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 ...

Narrator: Excuse me. Yes, you! Would you like to learn about the Anglo-Saxons? Great! Well let’s start at the beginning. The Anglo-Saxon age in Britain was about 410 to 1066, and they originally ...

Seven Kings Must Die closes out The Last Kingdom series and while it was a suitable finale, it really should have been two ...

The helmet was speculated to reflect the power of an Anglo-Saxon king, despite its rusted and fragmented nature. The Sutton Hoo helmet was displayed at the British Museum in London and was ...

Aethelbert Name of a king. Anglo-Saxon Baby Names, English Baby Names Aethelflaed Sister of King Edward. Anglo-Saxon Baby Names Aethelfrith Name of a king. Anglo-Saxon Baby Names ...

The silver penny brooch dates to the end of the reign of the last Anglo-Saxon king, says an expert. The items will form part of an exhibition that will be held at a museum in Scunthorpe.

The literary King Arthur story that developed in the later middle ages reduces a conflict of ... He extrapolates from this to the bit-by-bit spread of the original Anglo-Saxon kingships – first East ...

Just inside the gates of the south ambulatory in Westminster Abbey is an arched recess containing the supposed tomb of a legendary founder of an earlier church on the site, Sebert (or Sebbe) King of ...

The largest Anglo-Saxon ship burial ever discovered contained ... who comes to the aid of the Danish king. In the poem, composed in the eighth century, there is a description of the burial of ...