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!

Voice 1: My lords! Ethelred is dead and we are still at war with the Viking invaders. We must choose a new king quickly! Voice 2: I propose Ethelred’s eldest son, Aethelwald! He’s the obvious ...

A University of Winchester academic has become the consultant for a new French docudrama series on the Vikings and their 'Empire of the North Sea'. Professor of Early Medieval history, Ryan Lavelle, ...

Whatever it is about medieval England that fired up a metalhead from Old Kilpatrick to start writing historical novels, it’s clearly potent ...

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 ...

As the oldest daughter of Alfred the Great, it could be said that Aethelflaed was born into greatness. Contemporary ...

Mercia saw the rise of kings, Christianity and our very identity, as Max Adams reveals in this genius history, The Mercian Chronicles ...

The detectorists discovered the £3 million Viking hoard near farmland, but failed to report the find - giving the landowner ...

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a man from Newport convicted of stealing £3m in Viking gold who failed to appear in court ...

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 ...

George Powell was part of a duo who failed to declare they had unearthed invaluable coins and other jewellery on farmland in Herefordshire, dating back 1,100 years that 'rewrote history'.