When the Vikings first attacked Lindisfarne in Northumberland in 793 AD, it was to start a major upheaval that brought bloodshed, a new language and eventually the creation of England. The ...

Ancient and rare British coins taken as ‘spoils of war’ by Romans found in Dutch field - The 44 gold coins were unearthed by ...

The Vikings were, among other things, Nordic raiders, plunderers and slaughterers intent on conquering England. They also may have been a tad homesick. There’s long been a belief that the ...

Chronicles state a "large heathen army" began to hack its way across England in AD866 ... dating from the 200 years previous to the Viking invasion. But new research has turned this on its ...

The conquest of England was a task far greater than anything the Vikings had ever attempted before. England was divided into four powerful, well-organised kingdoms: Northumbria, East Anglia ...

Above: Detail from the Bayeux Tapestry, which commemorates the Norman invasion of England. Countless sailing experiments with replica ships continue to confirm the excellence of Viking ship design.

which depicts the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. It is a testament to the breadth of Norse influence, for the French-speaking Normans were in fact the assimilated descendants of Vikings who ...

In 1066 there were two invasions of England, a Viking and a Norman invasion. The Vikings were defeated but the Normans succeeded in conquering England, bringing to an end Anglo-Saxon England.

The Vale of York Hoard, one of Britain's most significant Viking ... Viking leader during the unrest that followed the conquest of the Viking kingdom of Northumbria in the year 927 by the Anglo ...

launched an invasion of northern England, led by a fleet of 300 Viking longships carrying around 11,000 men. Harold wasted no time in pursuing the invading Vikings. He and his Anglo-Saxon army ...

From the end of the Roman occupation through the Anglo-Saxon and Viking invasions - a new way of testing DNA in ancient bones could force a rethink of key moments in Britain's early history ...

the castle then went on to play a significant role in defending against both Viking and Scottish Invasions. If you want a ...