Aethelred failed to prepare for the Viking raids and invasions that would later bring Cnut to the throne of England, forging ...

This makes the Bosham site an extraordinary find—a preserved example of an elite pre-Norman noble residence. Unlike their Norman successors, Anglo-Saxon rulers did not favor castle fortifications.

Image caption, The weregild payable for the murder of an Anglo-Saxon thane (noble) was 6,000 pennies. The weregild for a king was 90,000! The Saxons had a system called 'weregild', which meant ...

The largest Anglo-Saxon ship burial ever discovered contained ... In the 1990s, a warrior noble in full armor was found buried alongside his horse. Since one-third of the Sutton Hoo site has ...

“All men are created equal” was a noble statement by the Founding Fathers ... Looking back at the founding of this nation has classically been from a white Anglo-Saxon male property owner perspective.