the term “Anglo-Saxon” reappeared in the late 16th century and eventually, as the past was refashioned, became an ethno-racial identifier. But plundering the Middle Ages in order to find the ...

The historical peoples often known collectively as the “Anglo-Saxons” lived in England during the early Middle Ages, roughly 400-1100 CE. Ironically, those “Anglo-Saxons” were themselves ...

and other seemingly Anglo-Saxon practices quickly gained traction. How did this obscure term—little used in the Middle Ages themselves—become a modern phrase meaning both a medieval period in ...

A team of archeologists in the United Kingdom believe that they have found the lost residence of Harold Godwinson, the last Anglo-Saxon King of ... poured over maps and records, and took a closer ...

The people after which England is named made up more than three quarters of the nation's genetic ancestry during the early Middle Ages. Researchers found that ... almost no ancient DNA (aDNA) work on ...

“I think people always think of this time as the Dark Ages. “We are trying to show the public and encourage them to engage with the literary and artistic evidence of the [Anglo-Saxon peoples ...

Dr Hugh Willmott with Professor Alice Roberts and finds from the graveyard Credit: BBC/University of Sheffield The Germanic Anglo-Saxons migrated to Britain around the beginning of the 5th ...