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Fact or medieval fake news? The Saxon brothers who conquered England

British folklore tells the story of twin brothers Hengist and Horsa, who led the Anglo-Saxon invasion of Britain. But were they men or myth?
Publishers Weekly

The Norman Conquest: The Battle of Hastings and the Fall of Anglo-Saxon England

Morris (A Great and Terrible King) brilliantly revisits the Norman Conquest, “the single most important event in English history,” by following the body-strewn fortunes of its key players: England’s ...
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From one death came three wars - the battle for England begins

When the king died, the kingdom died with him. No heir, no peace — only ambition. Four men rose to claim the English throne: a noble, a bastard, a boy, and a Viking. Their claims would lead to fire, ...
The Atlantic

A Century of Anglo-Saxon Expansion

ONE dream of the earliest poets has never quite faded from the minds of men. Foretold by prophet and seer; vaguely described in popular myth ; lyingfar back in some ideal past, or yet to be realized ...
La Brújula Verde

Tomb of an Anglo-Saxon Prince and a Child from the Late 6th Century AD Discovered, Buried with a Horse Sacrificed as a Ritual Offering

The acidic sand of the Suffolk coast has preserved not bones, but shadows; spectral silhouettes that delineate with ...