In this episode of Kings and Generals’ Medieval History series, we examine why the Anglo-Saxons consistently fell to the invading Vikings. Disunity among Saxon kingdoms, poor coordination, and ...

It’s official. The Anglo-Saxons are getting canceled. The move comes more than 1,000 years too late for the previously ascendant Romano-British who couldn’t resist these Germanic peoples who showed up ...

Tore Skeie, trans. from the Norwegian by Alison McCullough. Pushkin, $19.95 trade paper (384p) ISBN 978-1-78227-835-1 Medieval historian Skeie makes his English-language debut with a gripping, ...

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 ...

What it tells us about the past: This helmet was discovered in pieces in an early-medieval ship burial at the archaeological site of Sutton Hoo in Suffolk, England, in the late 1930s. On display at ...

One of the most notable discoveries was the burial of a teenage girl and child. LONDON -- Archaeologists in the United Kingdom have announced a major historical discovery dating back to as early as ...

Contrary to popular belief, the ruling classes gorged on meat only on rare occasions, according to an analysis of more than 2,000 skeletons buried during medieval times. By Maria Cramer Anglo-Saxon ...