The term Anglo-Saxon is a relatively modern one. It refers to settlers from the German regions of Angeln and Saxony, who made their way over to Britain after the fall of the Roman Empire around AD ...

Let us now return To English history And find out what becomes Of the Anglo-Saxon dynasty. Edward the Confessor dies But sadly leaves no heir Three men want to take his crown Of them let’s be aware.

Aethelred failed to prepare for the Viking raids and invasions that would later bring Cnut to the throne of England, forging ...

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The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is one of the most important artifacts of English history. As a text, it is a remarkable record of events that helps shine a light onto the so-called “Dark Ages.” ...

Aethelbert Name of a king. Anglo-Saxon Baby Names, English Baby Names Aethelflaed Sister of King Edward. Anglo-Saxon Baby Names Aethelfrith Name of a king. Anglo-Saxon Baby Names ...

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This story appears in the November 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. One day, or perhaps one night, in the late seventh century an unknown party traveled along an old Roman road that cut ...

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 ...