A former antiques dealer who helped steal £12million worth of 'cursed' Anglo-Saxon treasure has told his ... some from the reign of King Alfred, were part of the historic collection which led ...

The silver penny brooch dates to the end of the reign of the last Anglo-Saxon king, says an expert. The items will form part of an exhibition that will be held at a museum in Scunthorpe.

"It tells of the fight of Gauvain (with his sword Excalibur, his horse Gringalet and his supernatural powers), his brothers, and his father King Loth, against the Saxon Kings Dodalis, Moydas ...

While people tend to associate the arrival of Christianity in Britain with the mission of St Augustine, who was dispatched to England by the Pope to convert the pagan Anglo-Saxon kings ...

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Variations on the classic Merlin and King Arthur legends span hundreds, if not thousands, of retellings. Many are documented ...

After decades of peace, Vikings again raided England, in A.D. 980. At the time, the Anglo-Saxon ruler was King Aethelred the Unraed (literally “the ill-advised”). As his name suggests ...

36. Who led resistance against the Roman invasion of Britain? 37. Which Anglo-Saxon king defeated the Great Heathen Army at the Battle of Edington? 38. The Domesday Book was commissioned by which ...

The first depicts the Battle of Cambénic, where the famed Arthurian figure Sir Gawain (written here as Gauvain)—wielding Excalibur atop his horse, Gringalet—does battle with the Saxon Kings ...