The formal date of England’s creation as a country is contested. Some say we turned 1,100 in 2025, marking the year when the ...

There are certain accoutrements that rulers across time appear to have agreed are necessary symbols of power. You probably want a crown, which might be made of precious metal, leaves, or possibly even ...

Archaeologists believe they may have found the remains of a hall belonging to the last Anglo-Saxon King of England. Harold ...

On Friday, members of the SOS Residents association staged a protest in Palma's Plaça de la Porta de Santa Catalina against ...

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The online anti-immigration movement has discovered a buried form of Anglo-Saxon nationalism By George Monaghan Hereward the Wake, it is said, was the last of the English. By 1071 his small army on ...

The statue of King Alfred the Great, erected in 1899 at the eastern end of the Broadway in Winchester, England. (Photo: Getty/iStock) 26 October is the day when many churches remember the Christian ...

The people of England got their name from the Angles, who, along with the Saxons, invaded in the early- to mid-5th century AD, after the Roman Empire began to groan under the weight of barbarian ...

The Saxons’ defeat by the Vikings was shaped by disunity, strategy, and timing. This account examines how internal rivalries, inferior mobility, and the Vikings’ mastery of surprise raids and seaborne ...

Woodbridge, England — In a far-flung corner of southeast England, in a boatshed on the River Debden, a former U.S. Navy submariner whose career saw him serve on some of the most advanced ...

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