Viking silver in Norway: Four 9th-century silver bracelets were found under a former Viking house, offering rare context for such artifacts. Gold scabbard discovery: A hiker uncovered a 6th-century ...

The Suffolk town’s medieval grid is little changed since pilgrims first came to the shrine of England’s first patron saint ...

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A long-lost royal seal has resurfaced, offering rare insight into power, influence, and ambition in 11th-century England.

A ghoulish face and a graceful dragon decorate the broken clay tiles from the late 13th century or early 14th century. They ...

A rediscovered royal seal reveals how Edward the Confessor drew on Byzantine and European influences to shape early English rule.

A quaint seaside town has been named England's most naturally beautiful town by property experts, boasting quirky shops and a ...

Greg Jenner is joined in medieval England by Professor Marion Turner and comedian Mike Wozniak to learn all about Geoffrey ...

The frontline of Viking territory runs through the unassuming market town of Tamworth in Staffordshire, putting it at the ...

The manuscript had long been presumed lost and, as a result, had never previously been examined in detail by Bede scholars.

An early ninth-century manuscript containing a text of the first known poem in the English language has been discovered in ...

Missing since the 1980s, an 11th-century wax seal of Edward the Confessor was found in the French National Archives by a Ph.D ...