Anglo-Saxon

Russ Foster asks whether the legend of the heroic king is simply too good to be true.

In 15 years Æthelstan united the English for the first time. Yet many of the facts about the Anglo-Saxon king remain elusive.

Richard Cavendish describes Edward the Confessor's canonisation, on January 5th, 1161.

The Bamburgh sword, a unique pattern-welded weapon found in Northumbria, has helped shed new light on a critical period of Anglo-Saxon. 

Eadwig died on October 1st, 959, still in his teens, in circumstances which remain unknown.

What did Britain and the Britons mean to the Anglo-Saxons, and what did it mean to be their ruler? 

George T. Beech traces the origins of the word England to the period 1014 to 1035 and suggests how and why it came to be the recognized term for the country.

Richard Hodges says the rubbish tips of Anglo-Saxon London and Southampton contain intriguing evidence of England’s first businessmen.

Patricia Cleveland-Peck visits Gotland, the Baltic island where the Viking and medieval pasts are to be found round every corner.

The last truly Anglo-Saxon King was remembered with such affection he became a sainted embodiment of a pacific and idealistic form of kingship under Henry III.