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 Sutton Hoo ship burial contained some of the finest examples of Anglo-Saxon metalworking ever ... is found in the writings of an eighth-century English monk known as the Venerable Bede.

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 ...

From the mid-fifth century onwards, the focus changes with the arrival of the Anglo-Saxons and the development ... after in the same year, on January 8th, the ravaging of heathen men destroyed ...

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 ...