After Alfred, Anglo-Saxon kings took the Danelaw territories back from the Vikings. Alfred's grandson, Athelstan, pushed English power north as far as Scotland and was the first king to claim to ...

Across the channel in England, sporadic raids expanded into total warfare, as a Viking army invaded and conquered three Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, leaving bodies to rot in the fields. The Viking age, ...

Monarchs of Northumbria. Discover the story of the kings of Northumbria from Oswiu ( c. 654 – c. 670 AD ) to Ælla ( c. 862 – ...

During his reign from 924 to 939, Athelstan united the Anglo-Saxons, defeated the Vikings and became the first king of England after seizing control of Northumbria. He was the first monarch to be ...

More Viking Age silver has been discovered per square kilometer on the Isle of Man than in England, Ireland, Scotland, and ...

Biology students are being warned that they might see upsetting images of the human body in trigger warnings introduced by a ...

Anglo-Saxon kings were mostly vegetarian before the Vikings settled, according to new studies. Cambridge University researchers analysed more than 2,000 skeletons and found elites ate no more meat ...

It is only higher education institution in the UK to offer a Viking Studies course but now Nottingham wants to rename an ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Vikings Hnefatafl: Kings of the Dark Age In the late 8th century, Anglo-Saxon Britain faces a threat like none before: northmen from across the seas ...

A Lancashire metal detectorist who tried to flog Anglo-Saxon coins online has seen an appeal to reduce his prison sentence ...

Two metal detectorists who planned to “delete history” by illegally selling Anglo-Saxon coins have had bids to reduce their ...

After Alfred, Anglo-Saxon kings took the Danelaw territories back from the Vikings. Alfred's grandson, Athelstan, pushed English power north as far as Scotland and was the first king to claim to ...