After Alfred, Anglo-Saxon kings took the Danelaw land territories back from the Vikings. Alfred's grandson, Athelstan, pushed English power north as far as Scotland. He was the first 'King of all ...
A University of Winchester academic has become the consultant for a new French docudrama series on the Vikings and their 'Empire of the North Sea'. Professor of Early Medieval history, Ryan Lavelle, ...
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of metal detectorist George Powell who stole a hoard of gold coins and jewellery ...
As the oldest daughter of Alfred the Great, it could be said that Aethelflaed was born into greatness. Contemporary ...
This time we will take the Vikings by surprise and this time we will win! FX: Cheering. Music Narrator: Soon after - at the Battle of Edington - Alfred was as good as his word. The Anglo-Saxon ...
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a man from Newport convicted of stealing £3m in Viking gold who failed to appear ...
Experts believed the coins were Anglo-Saxon and to have been hidden by a Viking. One of them was a double-headed coin, showing two rulers of England. Alfred the Great, who ruled Wessex ...
George Powell was ordered to appear in court earlier this month for failing to repay £600,000 he pocketed from illegally ...
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a metal detectorist convicted of stealing a £3 million Viking hoard of gold after ...
A warrant has been issued for George Powell after he failed to declare the discovery of a £3million hoard of Viking gold ...