This gives us an idea of how difficult life could be in early medieval England. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle close Anglo-Saxon ChronicleA collection of manuscripts written while Alfred the Great was ...

Brixworth Church has been standing since the late 7th century, long before the Norman Conquest or even the establishment of ...

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login Pre-Conquest attitudes towards the dying and the dead have major implications for every aspect of culture, society and religion of the ...

Archaeologists discovered a rare sixth-century sword at an Anglo-Saxon burial site near Canterbury, England. They hope the ...

Filmed on location at Houlgate Village near York a working AngloSaxon settlement this DVD provides incredible insight into a period of which little is known The Dark Age is shrouded in mystery Who ...

The Guardian reports that a sword dated to the sixth century has been discovered in an Anglo-Saxon cemetery in southeastern ...

Athelstan was the first king of all England and ruled from 924 until his ... coin from the reign of King Athelstan There are also Anglo-Saxon coins, archaeological artefacts and metal detecting ...

His decision to take the job not only would change his life but also radically alter, and deepen, the understanding scholars had of the early Anglo-Saxon period in England following the collapse ...

An archaeologist said the weapon is "really incredible, in the top echelons of swords, an elite object in every way, which is wonderful." ...

Royal Anglo-Saxon complex is 'unique in England' 'Remarkable' 1,400-year-old ... to try to better understand Anglo-Saxon life." Suffolk County Council Specialist craftsmen at Rendlesham produced ...

The cult of saints was one of the most important aspects of life in the Middle Ages, and it often formed the nucleus of developing group identities in a town, a province or a country. The literature ...