At the instigation of by Pope Gregory I, Augustine led a mission to England in 596 AD, probably as the result of a request of Æthelberht, king of Kent whose wife was Christian. He arrived In 597 ...

Right, Viking burial mounds in Heath Wood. Kate Peters Cat Jarman led me through a dense tangle of forest called Heath Wood. We were in Derbyshire, close to the very heart of England. There was no ...

If you're the skeptical type, you might raise an eyebrow when you hear that a particular Viking ship was built ... wooden road uncovered in southwestern England not only was built in 3806 B.C ...

After Alfred, Anglo-Saxon kings took the Danelaw territories back from the Vikings. Alfred's grandson, Athelstan, pushed English power north as far as Scotland and was the first king to claim to ...