New research challenges the long-standing account of King Harold II Godwinson’s dash south before the Battle of Hastings. It recasts the English monarch not as an exhausted commander driving his ...

The Great Heathen Army wasn’t a single unified force, but rather a shifting coalition of warbands whose multi-layered leadership helped it outmanoeuvre the Anglo-Saxons ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the 400s, the Western Roman Empire abandoned Britain to its own devices. Twin brothers Hengist and Horsa saw an opportunity to ...

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle shaped how we remember the making of England, but it was also propaganda, and it quietly buried Mercia’s greatest victories. From Æthelflæd’s refortification of Chester to a ...

One of Europe’s most iconic battles may not have unfolded as widely believed. New research suggests a key part of the story ...

New research from the University of East Anglia (UEA) reveals that King Harold’s legendary 200‑mile march to the Battle of Hastings in 1066 never happened. Instead, the journey was made largely by sea ...

(CNN) — The tragic tale of Harold, the king who lost England to William the Conqueror in an infamous battle, still looms large in British popular culture. But that story may need a reset, according to ...

A new, old specter is haunting the world: the bloodthirsty Anglo-Saxons. Well, that is what the Kremlin wants the world to believe. Take the new Russian state-backed film “Tolerance.” Released in ...