Most ordinary Anglo-Saxons thought he was a bit weird with his haircut and his itchy dress and they carried on believing in their old gods. So much for Augustine. Aidan to the rescue! He was ...

After Alfred, Anglo-Saxon kings took the Danelaw land territories ... By getting his feet wet, he was showing people he had less power than God. In Viking times, a king had to be strong to fight ...

The word 'church' in common language has many meanings depending on the context. This is the story ...

A helmet found among the artifacts from the ship burial at Sutton Hoo in England may serve as evidence that early Anglo-Saxon warriors fought as mercenaries for the Byzantine Empire in the 6th ...

Gloucestershire, with large swathes of its landscape covered by the Cotswolds Area of Natural Beauty (AONB), has seen wars of religion, politics, and power over the centuries. Learn of the heroic ...

The coins originated from various regions, including those minted by Madelinus, a moneyer from the Frisian trading hub of ...

Dr Michael Ramsey was on a visit to St Paul’s Church in Jarrow in 1973. He gave a speech which was relayed by loudspeaker to ...

The discovery not only sheds light on the final Anglo-Saxon king, it also provides a rare window into a key turning point in history for England, researchers said. Bosham is named on the Bayeux ...

Dark Horse Comics was set to publish more in the Anansi Boys series, a spin-off of the British author’s novel American Gods, which follows the adventures of two children of African trickster god ...

Harold was the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, and he was succeeded by the Norman king William the Conqueror. Describing the formerly lost site as a "power center," the university says Bosham ...

Archaeologists say the remnants of an ancient Roman basilica unearthed in the heart of London are "one of the most significant discoveries" in years.