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 ...

The story of the Vikings in Britain is one of conquest, expulsion, extortion and reconquest. Their lasting legacy was the formation of the independent kingdoms of England and Scotland. Raids by ...

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 ...

Sweyn Forkbeard (shown left), England's shortest reigning king ... which takes its name from the Viking God of the Sea. But there is little, if any, physical proof. Despite this, Mr Childs ...