Saxon history

The Jutland Peninsula showing the historic homeland of the Germanic tribes of Jutes, Angles, and Saxons after the Roman departure from Britain (ca. 500 CE)

From 5,500BC to how you commute to work today.

Reconstruction of Yeavering Anglo-Saxon Hall by Peter Dunn

Martin Wall, author of The Anglo-Saxons in 100 Facts, reveals why everything we thought we knew about the "Dark Ages" is wrong

Linguistically, the Anglo-Saxons practically eradicated the native Britons. The question is: was it ethnic cleansing?

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In search of the origins of the English village Just how much information has come from excavation undertaken in advance of development work? In a major survey of Anglo-Saxon settlement, John Blair has been discovering what riches lie in the archives. It is useless for Anglo-Saxonists to deny it: Roman villas and Norman castles have a hugely greater impact on most people’s imagination than anything built in England between AD 400 and 1050. Yet small-scale works of art from the period — the…

The Anglo-Saxon period was one of turbulence, bloodshed and innovation. The 13 Anglo-Saxon kings of England saw the new, unified kingdom of England...

In 946, the body of a woman was buried in a monastery and later relocated to Magdeburg Cathedral. It was essentially forgotten until 2008 when