Here’s one story about how England began. By the late 4th century AD, Roman Britain was in serious decline. Its legions had ...

The five centuries between the end of Roman rule and the Norman Conquest were, for a long time, seen as a culturally desolate era in British history. Whereas classical civilisation was associated with ...

A British college that offers courses in medieval history is reportedly scrutinizing multiple historical terms out of concern that they evoke nationalism. British news outlet The Telegraph reported ...

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 ...

For centuries popular stories like Robin Hood and Ivanhoe have portrayed medieval England as a struggle between oppressive ...

Archaeologists in England have identified a near-complete Anglo-Saxon cave house, which, they say, may once have been the home of a king who became a saint. Thought to date from the early 9th century, ...

The Vikings invaded England in the 9th and 10th centuries. They plundered, raped and burned towns to the ground. Or at least, this is the story we know from school and popular culture. Nevertheless, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new, old specter is haunting the world: the bloodthirsty Anglo-Saxons. Well, that is what the Kremlin wants the world to believe ...

Sometime between 776 and 899 AD, an Anglo-Saxon teenager’s lips and nose were cut off, a new analysis of her skull has revealed. Based on written records of that historical period, the type of ...

COVENTRY, ENGLAND—BBC News reports that artifacts and graves dating to the Roman and Anglo-Saxon periods were unearthed ahead of a construction project in England’s West Midlands. In the cremation ...

Meat-heavy banquets have long been thought to be a common feature of early medieval life for England’s kings and nobles, who are often depicted feasting on legs of animal flesh and knocking back ...