Ethelred's soldiers killed many Viking families in the ... After Edward died, the English Witan (council of Anglo-Saxon kings) chose Earl Harold of Wessex as the next king. The Normans took ...

Who were the Anglo-Saxons? The Anglo-Saxon age in Britain was from around AD410 to 1066. Find out who they were and where they came from. Why did the Anglo-Saxons come to Britain? Find out what ...

New research by Oxford University has suggested Anglo-Saxons were more connected to other parts of the world than previously thought.

But a leading Anglo-Saxon expert has now suggested it might have been the grave of British soldiers who fought for the Byzantine Empire in the 6th century AD. The site was unearthed in the late ...

Prior research has shown that soldiers in Britain were recruited by ... More information: Helen Gittos, Sutton Hoo and Syria: The Anglo-Saxons Who Served in the Byzantine Army?, ...

But a leading Anglo-Saxon expert has now suggested it might have been the grave of British soldiers who fought for the Byzantine Empire in the 6th century AD. The site was unearthed in the late ...

The famous helmet is among the Anglo-Saxon artifacts that indicate an eastern ... but it seemed to have been modeled after chain mail worn by some soldiers in the Byzantine army at that time.