The Anglo-Saxon kings were from ruling families who passed their power on to their children. From time to time, the strongest king would claim to be 'bretwalda', which meant ruler of all Britain.

Britain was being attacked by the Picts and Scots from the north, and the Anglo-Saxons from the sea. The Romans built forts to defend the coast and Hadrian's wall defended the north. Saxon ...

Britain is set to experience a wintry spell as a new weather map reveals widespread pockets of snow sweeping across the country. Forecasts from WXCharts indicate that multiple cities across the UK ...

The arrival of the Anglo-Saxon mercenaries in Britain is described by Gildas, a writer of the 6th century. He explained: ...

Re Jennifer Williams’ interesting piece “Rural England considers redrawing the map” (Outlook, February 20), earlier this month I attended the Wessex Regionalist party’s Spring meeting in ...

of a kind never before recovered in Britain. Examining the artifacts, they concluded that the settlement was not Viking, as first assumed, but Anglo-Saxon. The significance of Sutton Hoo was ...