It also doesn’t help that the Vikings didn’t write things down. We can turn to The Last Kingdom to see this as well. King Alfred was the one who started taking notes, and yes, the real King ...

In AD892, over 300 Viking ships invaded Britain to fight King Alfred of Wessex. No one knows how big the Viking army was but if there were 20 men in each Viking ship, the army of AD892 numbered 6000!

King Alfred inflicted a defeat on the Vikings in AD 878, and experts believe the coins belong to an undeclared hoard consistent with the location of the Viking army at that time. When the coins ...

Police are searching for a metal detectorist convicted of stealing a £3 million Viking hoard of gold after ... some from the reign of King Alfred - also known as Alfred the Great who reigned ...

A rare coin minted by a Viking warlord after he became a Christian king is "the first in the country ... Anglo-Saxon England and waged war against Alfred the Great. He converted to Christianity ...

A warrant has been issued for George Powell after he failed to declare the discovery of a £3million hoard of Viking gold dating back more than 1,100 years ...