The Anglo-Saxon ascendancy ended in 1066, when the last Anglo-Saxon king, Harold, suffered a devastating defeat at the hands of the Normans, who were notably brutal and, one must say, as white as ...

Anglo-Saxons joined the Byzantine Varangian Guard after the 1066 Norman Conquest, shaping the Byzantine Empire.

By the middle Anglo-Saxon period – roughly 660 to 900 AD – more than half of the skulls fall into the local category.

A more substantive, and substantial, problem is that Mead's emphasis on what is special and distinctive about Anglo-Saxon culture downplays the features that all Western countries have in common while ...

A newly discovered Anglo-Saxon settlement in England is surrounded by dry land today, but once was an island oasis amidst marshland. And at least some of its inhabitants were literate. The long ...

Following centuries of disuse after the Norman Conquest, the term Anglo-Saxon reappeared in the late 16th century in antiquarian literature to refer to pre-Conquest peoples in England.

Similar Anglo-Saxon crosses are exceptionally rare, Webster said; the only other known example comes from the 9th century, but is far less elaborate. The Galloway Hoard was the subject of a $2.5 ...

An Anglo-Saxon gold artefact which was found by a metal detectorist has gone on display in a West Sussex town. The small gold plate, which is believed to have been a decoration on a sword, is on ...

A collection of 1,400-year-old items telling the story of one of England's largest Anglo-Saxon royal settlements have been gathered together to form a new exhibition. The pieces are from the ...