England was one of the wealthiest kingdoms in Europe. This was due to successful farming and trade in the towns and villages. The king, his earls and the Church all profited from this through taxes.

During his reign, William crushed rebellions, controlled Anglo-Saxon women, overhauled the Church and built a series of castles across England to establish control. After defeating Harold ...

Before then, Anchor Church Caves was considered to be an ... Surely, more examples from Anglo-Saxon England are out there somewhere.

Adrian IV was the first, and so far, only English Pope.

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 ...