Anglo-Saxon

A section of the Bayeux Tapestry depicting Harold Godwinson being crowned king of England. Harold was the last Anglo-Saxon king of England and was killed by William, Duke of Normandy at the battle of Hastings in 1066. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

1066: eight days that rocked England

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History quiz – Anglo-Saxons, Bright’s disease and the Byzantine army

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5 reasons you won’t want to miss our York History Weekend

A portrait of Cnut holding a sceptre. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Cnut: the great Dane

Detail of a Viking helmet from grave one at Vendel, Uppland, Sweden. In the 860s and 870s, the Vikings would bring war to England’s four kingdoms on a massive scale. (Photo by CM Dixon/Print Collector/Getty Images)

The great Viking terror: how Norse warriors conquered the Anglo-Saxons

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Winchester and York History Weekends: 5 minutes with Michael Wood

BATNFN Heck Cattle, pictured at Upcott Grange Farm, near Lifton, Cornwall, imported by Derek Gow.. Image shot 2009. Exact date unknown.

Nazi super-cows and defamed Gods: 7 strange and forgotten moments in history

Stained glass in Exeter Cathedral depicting King Æthelstan. (Dreamstime)

The astonishing Æthelstan

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8 key Viking dates you need to know

Edmund II - better known as Edmund Ironside - shown in a 14th-century manuscript. (Photo by Wikimedia Commons)

Edmund Ironside: Anglo-Saxon warrior king

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A brief history of Offa’s Dyke

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8 things you may not know about British history

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The undignified fates of the bodies of Anglo-Saxon kings in the medieval period

King Ecgfrith of Northumbria

The Anglo-Saxon who (almost) united Britain

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