How was Anglo-Saxon Britain ruled? Find out about the five main Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in Britain and how they were ruled. Who was Alfred the Great? Who was Alfred, and why was he so great?

The Anglo-Saxon period stretched over 600 years, from 410 to 1066... The early settlers kept to small tribal groups, forming kingdoms and sub-kingdoms. By the ninth century, the country was ...

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is one of the most important artifacts of English history. As a text, it is a remarkable record of ...

But King Offa still overshadows all, having dominated the other Anglo-Saxon kingdoms for the last decades of the 8th century and having bequeathed us, most probably, the eponymous dyke.