Near the end of Roman rule, 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 ...
Great! Well let’s start at the beginning. The Anglo-Saxon age in Britain was about 410 to 1066, and they originally came from Germany and Scandinavia. Some historians say they were driven from ...
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All That's Interesting on MSNThe Story Of Athelstan, The Unlikely Ruler Who Became The First King Of EnglandIn 927, Athelstan became the first king to rule over all of England — and it hadn't been an easy journey. Though he was the ...
The silver penny brooch dates to the end of the reign of the last Anglo-Saxon king, says an expert. The items will form part of an exhibition that will be held at a museum in Scunthorpe.
The Mercian Chronicles Mercia is something of an orphan among the kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England. Despite having dominated the country’s core for a quarter of a millennium from AD 625 ...
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Anglo-Saxons plagiarized a Roman coin — and it's full of typosAn unusual piece of Anglo-Saxon jewelry — a plagiarized pendant rife with typos — that was discovered by a metal detectorist has now been declared treasure in the U.K. The pendant imitates a ...
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 ...
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 ...
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