Archaeologists have provided important new evidence to answer the question 'who exactly were the Anglo-Saxons?' New findings based on studying skeletal remains clearly indicates the Anglo-Saxons were ...
Scene from the Bayeux Tapestry, which famously depicts William the Conqueror's victory over the so-called Anglo-Saxons Public domain via Wikimedia Commons People in the United States and Great Britain ...
In Roman Britain many people had been Christians. But the early Anglo-Saxons were not Christians, they were pagans. Anglo-Saxons believed in lucky charms. They thought that rhymes, potions, stones and ...
From barbarian invaders to devout Christian missionaries, the Anglo-Saxons brought four hundred years of religious evolution and shifting political power to the British Isles. In 410 the Roman emperor ...
A strong and successful leader became 'cyning', the Anglo-Saxon word for 'king'. Each king ruled a kingdom and led a small army. The Anglo-Saxon kings were from ruling families who passed their power ...
The publication features more than 60 years of excavation and research into the city’s Old Minster, New Minster and Nunnaminster/St Mary's Abbey.