Mercia saw the rise of kings, Christianity and our very identity, as Max Adams reveals in this genius history, The Mercian Chronicles ...

Fathers often handed down their swords to their sons. This is the handle of an 8th century sword. When Anglo-Saxons died, their bodies were often cremated or buried in a grave along with some ...

writing in the 8th century. His account, although not contemporary, is close enough to be very valuable. From Bede’s account ...

When this object was made, The Venerable Bede - monk, historian and scientist, was a monk at this monastery.Part of an early 8th century ... The newly-converted Anglo-Saxons would have recognised ...

The largest Anglo-Saxon ship burial ever discovered contained ... In the poem, composed in the eighth century, there is a description of the burial of one Scyld Scefing, an ancestor of the Danish ...

Jonathan Charmley said discovering objects during a dig was "the best feeling in the world" A university student from Guernsey who has been helping excavate an 8th ... on an Anglo-Saxon site ...

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 ...