THE Battle of Hastings is one of the most famous conflicts in British history, and led to a change in the Monarchy. Here, we take a look at what happened during the battle in 1066. The Battle of ...

Researchers believe King Harold ‘did everything right’ after new evidence overturns one of English history’s best-known ...

A collection of 122 Anglo-Saxon pennies, which might have belonged to a warrior who died in the Battle of Hastings, could fetch up to £180,000 at auction. The coins were found near Braintree in Essex ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A close-up of the Bayeux Tapestry, an embroidered cloth which depicts the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England, ...

Archaeologists have discovered the site of the long-lost palace of England’s last Anglo-Saxon king. Using a combination of ground-penetrating radar, data from past archaeological excavations ...

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 be ...

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 ...

The tragic tale of Harold, the king who lost England to William the Conqueror in an infamous battle, still looms large in British popular culture. But that story may need a reset, according to new ...