Anglo-Saxon

A new biography of Æthelstan marks 1,100 years since his coronation in 925AD, reasserts his right to be called the first king of England and...

Byzantine bullion fuelled Europe’s revolutionary adoption of silver coins in the mid-7th century, only to be overtaken by silver from a mine in...

Very few people in England ate large amounts of meat before the Vikings settled, and there is no evidence that elites ate more meat than other people...

He was just a boy when he became King of the English and his reign was marked by repeated attacks by the Danes. Æthelred, who died 1,000 years ago on...

A sledge made from a horse’s jaw, the remains of a medieval puppet, the coffin of a one-year-old Roman child, and the skeleton of an Anglo-Saxon girl...

The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge's connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, D is for...

Extraordinary 7th century discovery on outskirts of Cambridge offers unique insights into the origins of English Christianity.