Over time the Vikings took control of several Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. Eventually the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings made a peace agreement led by King Alfred the Great who had defeated Viking leader ...

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?

A map of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in England by J.G. Bartholomew, 1914. Source: A Literary and Historical Atlas of Europe/The Internet Archive. Following conservation, the sixth-century sword will ...