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Viking Britain

This statue of Alfred the Great stands in Winchester, the former 'capital' of his kingdom (Photo by TonyBaggett via Getty Images)
Anglo-Saxon

What if... Alfred the Great lost to the Vikings at the battle of Edington?

Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians, illustrated sitting on a throne
Anglo-Saxon

Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians: the warrior queen who crushed the Vikings

Leif Erikson in Vikings Valhalla
Viking

Vikings: Valhalla – the real history behind Netflix’s successor to Vikings

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A page from The Encomium, a flattering account of the reign of Cnut written in the early 1040s and commissioned by his mother Emma of Normandy to show her powerful position
Anglo-Saxon

Emma of Normandy: not just a two-time queen consort of England

Sweyn Forkbeard, king of Denmark and the first Viking king of England
Viking

How Sweyn Forkbeard became the first Viking king of England

A sword/hammer type coin from the Danelaw
Viking

The Danelaw: is the ‘realm’ of the Vikings in Anglo-Saxon-era England a place or an idea?

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

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

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Viking

Cnut’s invasion of England: setting the scene for the Norman conquest

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

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

Cnut: the great Dane

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Anglo-Saxon

Unburied treasures: the 10 greatest discoveries made by the British public

The front facade of the prehistoric chambered tomb of Wayland's Smithy
Viking

Blog Medieval(ish) matters #6: Viking military mind games, Anglo-Saxon mind maps, and embroidery before the Bayeux Tapestry

This is the famous Rhynie Man carved stone, thought to be Pictish in date. (Photo by © Aberdeenshire Council Archaeology Service: www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/archaeology)
Medieval

Blog Medieval(ish) matters #4: back to Braveheart, Viking river boats, Picts, and the Crusades

Animal head-post from the Oseburg ship burial, from the Viking Ships Museum's collection in Oslo, 9th century (Photo by Alamy)
Viking

The Vikings: everything you wanted to know

Painting of Alfred the Great
Anglo-Saxon

Alfred the Great and Edington: how the King of Wessex became great

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