Anglo-Saxon monasteries were more resilient against brutal Viking raids than previously thought. This is the conclusion of a new archaeological study from the University of Reading, which found ...
The Anglo-Saxon Church to negotiate a way forward in a context which, at one time, would have seemed disastrous.
Pillaging Vikings did not wipe out England's Anglo-Saxon monks after all as archaeologists found that the Kent monastery survived repeated attacks from Norse invaders for nearly a century. Lyminge was ...
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The Viking Warrior Who Delayed an Entire Army Alone
On September 25, 1066, King Harold Godwinson's Saxon army had just force-marched nearly 200 miles in four days to confront a ...
After Alfred, Anglo-Saxon kings took the Danelaw land territories back from the Vikings. Alfred's grandson, Athelstan, pushed English power north as far as Scotland. He was the first 'King of all ...
Part of a hoard of more than 200 silver artifacts, this coin tells a surprisingly complete story about kingship at a time when Vikings from Scandinavia vied with the resident Anglo-Saxons for control ...
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The year is 872AD, and on the north-east coast of England the peaceful lives of the Anglo-Saxon inhabitants are about to be shattered forever. Looming on the horizon is a fleet of Viking longships, ...
The Christian monk Athelstan (played by George Blagden) was taken as a slave by Ragnar Lothbrok (Travis Fimmel) in the first season of Vikings. Although he played a key role in the early instalments ...
After Alfred, Anglo-Saxon kings took the Danelaw territories back from the Vikings. Alfred's grandson, Athelstan, pushed English power north as far as Scotland and was the first king to claim to be ...
The gallery tells the story of life in East Anglia after the Romans left and showcases the Castle's fine collection of Anglo-Saxon & Viking material. At the gallery's entrance, a recreation of an ...
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