Aethelred failed to prepare for the Viking raids and invasions that would later bring Cnut to the throne of England, forging ...
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle described the structure as alien ... Before their arrival, English noble estates functioned as centers of power, integrating residential, economic, and religious elements.
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 ...
“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.
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 ...