In the stormy 890s, King Alfred the Great faces his final and most intense Viking threat. After years of uneasy peace, ...

A blue plaque was unveiled at Chippenham Museum to honour King Alfred. The museum is believed to have been the site of Alfred's 'royal ville' or hunting lodge. The plaque commemorates his victory for ...

KS2 History: The Anglo-Saxons. Audio drama telling the story of Alfred the Great and his struggles against the Vikings. BBC School Radio. BBC Teach.

The plaque is dedicated to King Alfred the Great, known for defeating the Vikings at the Battle of Edington in 878, thereby ensuring the independence of the Kingdom of Wessex.

Archeologists speculate the burial site is probably related to a nobleman’s farm located less than 0.65 miles away. That find, discovered in the 1980s, may have belonged to an earl or steward of King ...

Archaeologists in Denmark recently uncovered 30 Viking graves—a remarkable find on its own. The bigger surprise? The graves ...

The graves, dating to the second half of the 10th century, align with the reign of King Harald Bluetooth—the monarch who unified Denmark, spread Christianity, and whose name today connects our ...

Key members of the procession are the monarch's Pages of Honour: sons of friends of the royal family who are chosen to hold ceremonial positions within the household, and attend state occasions. This ...

The Bayeux Tapestry, a 70-meter- (229-foot)- long medieval artwork that depicts the Norman conquest of England, will be ...

Let’s not forget that, once upon a time, Catholicism was quite active in those countries. The Church honors “three kings” as ...