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Benjamin Savill discusses the St Brice’s Day Massacre of 1002, in which Danes living in England were killed, apparently on royal orders. (Image by Getty Images)
Anglo-Saxon

The St Brice’s Day Massacre of 1002

A depiction of King Æthelred II holding a sword
Anglo-Saxon

The St Brice’s Day Massacre: what really happened?

Illustration of Hereward the Wake, the rebel who rose against William the Conqueror
Norman

Hereward the Wake: the Anglo-Saxon rebel who became William the Conqueror’s nemesis

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Alfred the Great (849–899). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Anglo-Saxon

Who was King Alfred the Great?

An Anglo-Saxon cross from the church of St Michael
Anglo-Saxon

Anglo-Saxon conversion: the coming of the cross (at the point of a sword)

Julian Richards discusses the Viking Great Army, which wreaked havoc on the kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England from 865-878. (Image by Getty Images)
Viking

The Viking Great Army: the latest discoveries

Tom Morcom and Helen Gittos discuss the Cerne Abbas Giant, a huge hill-carving in Dorset which has recently been re-dated to the Anglo-Saxon period (Image by HistoryExtra)
Anglo-Saxon

The curious tale of an Anglo-Saxon giant

Busting myths about the Anglo-Saxons | HistoryExtra Podcast
Anglo-Saxon

Busting myths about the Anglo-Saxons

The Sutton Hoo helmet. (Image by Getty Images)
Anglo-Saxon

Long read | The man at Sutton Hoo

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A scene from the Bayeux Tapestry depicting the Norman invasion of 1066. The tapestry was most likely embroidered by women in Norman England in a workshop setting using four embroidery stitches – stem stitch; split stitch; chain stitch; and laid work, sometimes called ‘Bayeux Stitch’, says Dr Alexandra Lester-Makin. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Norman

The Bayeux Tapestry: what is it, why was it made and what story does it tell?

Photo of an Anglo Saxon helmet found at Sutton Hoo
Anglo-Saxon

Sutton Hoo: a brief guide to the Anglo-Saxon burial site and its discovery

Sutton Hoo helmet Anglo-Saxon
Anglo-Saxon

The discovery at Sutton Hoo: when the Dark Ages were lit up

The Sutton Hoo excavations are the focus of a new film, 'The Dig'. Carey Mulligan stars as Edith Pretty, and Ralph Fiennes portrays Basil Brown
Second World War

The Dig: the real history of the remarkable Sutton Hoo excavation

Ahead of the release of the new film The Dig, Professor Martin Carver discusses the real story of the 1939 excavation of Sutton Hoo. (Image by Getty Images)
Anglo-Saxon

Spectacular discoveries at Sutton Hoo

Portchester Castle in Hampshire was intended as a coastal defence against raiders. (Photo by Getty Images)
Roman

The collapse of Roman Britain: what happened, plus 9 places which tell us more

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