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 ...
Malcolm Weale was in a farmer's field with his metal detector when he unearthed a tiny and dirt-covered object.
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 ...
A University of Winchester academic has become the consultant for a new French docudrama series on the Vikings and their 'Empire of the North Sea'. Professor of Early Medieval history, Ryan Lavelle, ...
Constantine mac Áed (Constantine II), the grandson of Kenneth MacAlpin, began his life as an exile. In 878 AD his father, Áed, had been slain by a Giric, son of Dungal, and Constantine, a young boy at ...
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.
A compilation of animated shorts that bring Britain's history alive ... such as Iron Age tribal conflict, Viking sagas and the Norman invasion. These films are designed to help children understand ...