Monarchs of Northumbria. Discover the story of the kings of Northumbria from Oswiu ( c. 654 – c. 670 AD ) to Ælla ( c. 862 – ...

England may be far from the Muslim-majority world, but the "green and pleasant land" has had many interesting links to Islam.

Xi’an, Tibet, Mongolia. They suggest the fabled and the fabulous: Xanadu, Shangri-La. For travellers, the so-called “Stans”, ...

Central themes include the formation of power in early Anglo-Saxon kingdoms during the age of Bede (d. 735) and Offa of Mercia (757–96), authority and its articulation in the century from Edgar ...

They would hold threads down and tight so Anglo-Saxons could weave on a loom. Only a few children learned to read and write. The sons of kings or wealthy families might be taught at home by a ...

During his reign from 924 to 939, Athelstan united the Anglo-Saxons, defeated the Vikings and became the first king of England after seizing control of Northumbria. He was the first monarch to be ...

Aethelbert Name of a king. Anglo-Saxon Baby Names, English Baby Names Aethelflaed Sister of King Edward. Anglo-Saxon Baby Names Aethelfrith Name of a king. Anglo-Saxon Baby Names ...

The 2014 ijakadi Festival in Offa , Kwara State will take place from December 26 to 28, 2024. The chairman, media and communications committee, Dr Waheed Olagunju, disclosed this during an ...

and their role in promoting the ideologies of different Anglo-Saxon kings. Benjamin Snook gained his doctorate from Cambridge University. To save content items to your account, please confirm that you ...

The Anglo-Saxons "made the whole thing from scratch" rather than reuse an old coin, says an expert. Archaeologists found the remains of a ditch, indicating where Oxford's defences originally stood.

The literary King Arthur story that developed in the later middle ages ... He extrapolates from this to the bit-by-bit spread of the original Anglo-Saxon kingships – first East Anglia, then Wessex, ...

From barbarian invaders to devout Christian missionaries, the Anglo-Saxons brought four hundred years of religious evolution and shifting political power to the British Isles. English owes much to ...