Presenter Louee Dessent explores the Battle of Hastings (1066) from the perspective of an Anglo-Saxon footsoldier. The episode follows the 1066 campaign from the Viking invasion and the Battle of ...

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The Staffordshire Hoard, as it was quickly dubbed, electrified the general public and Anglo-Saxon scholars alike. Spectacular ...

There are a significant number of Anglo-Saxon burials where the estimated anatomical sex of the skeleton does not align with the gender implied by the items they were buried with. Some bodies ...

Almost a millennium ago, the Battle of Hastings was fought on an English field and depicted on the tapestry. This year’s restaging drew spectators spurred on by the artifact’s visit to Britain.

An assembly framework and video to learn about the events that led to the Battle of Hastings, and its impact on Britain.

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 ...

On the cusp of the Cheviot Hills and Northumberland National Park, a new museum dedicated to the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria has opened in the market town of Wooler, aiming to breathe life into ...

Scholars have long been fascinated by the Anglo-Saxon period of British history, which spans approximately 600 years, from the end of Roman rule in around AD 410 to the start of the Norman conquest in ...