A history enthusiast and poet from Burnley believes his home town was the site of a bloody and legendary Anglo-Saxon battle.

A history enthusiast and poet from Burnley believes his home town was the site of a bloody and legendary Anglo-Saxon battle.

Vikings is a History Channel series inspired by the documented sagas of Ragnar Lothbrok (Travis Fimmel), a legendary Norse ...

Forget the Vikings you think you know – the horned helmets, the bloodthirsty raids, the endless quest for plunder! One Viking traded his axe for a crown and swapped pillaging for piety.

T he Vikings series from History Channel, which first aired in 2013, originally chronicled the journey of the legendary Norse ...

Flores is the king of this cat-and-mouse game. I’ll take Flores and the Vikings to get the better of Williams and ... play ...

It was the seat of royal power in England for almost 200 years, but today it's a quiet market town with links to the Vikings ...

Gytha Godwinson, one of King Harold's daughters, was an all but forgotten figure until a chance genealogical twist inspired ...

Yet, its historical significance is immense, having once been England's capital. In the 8th century, King Offa designated Tamworth as the Royal seat of power, a status it maintained for nearly two ...

Almost half of the coins in the hoard represent Harold II, the last crowned Saxon king of England, many in mint condition ...