In this episode of Kings and Generals’ Medieval History series, we examine why the Anglo-Saxons consistently fell to the ...

A guide produced by the charity suggests ditching the idea that the Vikings were a “homogenous community of blonde Scandinavians”. Instead, tutors are told to consider teaching that “Vikings were not ...

It also marks the low-point in the fortunes of Alfred and the Anglo-Saxons. Alfred gathers his strength and defeats Guthrum at the Battle of Edington. The Vikings agree to remain in an area to the ...

A charity called the Brilliant Club offers support to disadvantaged pupils in non-selective state schools to enable them to ...

When Odysseus encounters the Cyclops in Book 9 of Homer’s Odyssey, the giant’s first question is: “Who are you, strangers?

The head of Britain’s Left-wing government warns that the country might become an “island of strangers”. A senior black MP, Diane Abbott, attacks his speech as “fundamentally racist”. Sir Keir ...

The bloodbath at Brunanburh in 937 AD was fought by King Athelstan when he united the Anglo-Saxons for the first time to fight off a Viking invasion. The research claims that the site of the battle ...

Examining the artifacts, they concluded that the settlement was not Viking, as first assumed ... of the trade networks between the Anglo-Saxons and the European mainland. Voyage into the ...

Victrix Miniatures are now taking pre-orders for the new English edition of Pillage, which they have worked on with their friends at Noodle Wargames. You can now pre-order the rules as well as four ...

The Carolingian Franks will come with both Armoured and Unarmoured versions, so you can use them as warriors for the Viking ...

Many Scandinavian settlements ended with the suffix –by such as Grimsby and Derby For the next 80 years, the Vikings and Anglo-Saxons lived side-by-side in England trading, intermingling and ...