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

The term Anglo-Saxon is a relatively modern one. It refers to settlers from the German regions of Angeln and Saxony, who made their way over to Britain after the fall of the Roman Empire around AD ...

A notorious tale of royal scandal claims King Eadwig abandoned his own coronation feast for a ménage à trois. But did it ...

They even laid the foundation for the creation of England. There we go, the history of the Anglo-Saxons in a matter of minutes, from invaders to settlers, to makers. How enjoyable was that?

Archaeologist Stunned to Unearth Anglo-Saxon Coin Hoard in Mint Condition From a Construction Site England's history is ...

Also, the Norman Conquest likely eradicated most evidence of its predecessors, Creighton added. The discovery not only sheds light on the final Anglo-Saxon king, it also provides a rare window into a ...

The government has imposed an export bar on a rare Anglo-Saxon gold and garnet panel found in East Yorkshire. The piece of art was discovered by a detectorist in a field near Pocklington in 2013 and ...

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In 1939 a series of mounds at Sutton Hoo in England revealed their astounding contents: the remains of an Anglo-Saxon funerary ship and a huge cache of seventh-century royal treasure. In southern ...