So much for Augustine. Aidan to the rescue! He was determined to go out and convert the Anglo-Saxons. He set up a monastery on Lindisfarne in 634 and from there he did something amazing ...

"In this location, it would have been adjacent to an evocative backdrop that included the ruins of Roman townhouses, the establishment of an Anglo-Saxon monastery in the 7th century, and latterly ...

Cast into a violent and bloody world of murder, Hereward, a novice monk, must deliver the Holy Gospel of Lindisfarne - a book of great beauty and power - to the safety of the Iona monastery ...

The discovery not only sheds light on the final Anglo-Saxon king, it also provides a rare window into a key turning point in history for England, researchers said. Bosham is named on the Bayeux ...

The discovery not only sheds light on the final Anglo-Saxon king, it also provides a rare window into a key turning point in history for England, researchers said. Bosham is named on the Bayeux ...

After Alfred, Anglo-Saxon kings took the Danelaw land territories back from the Vikings. Alfred's grandson, Athelstan, pushed English power north as far as Scotland. He was the first 'King of all ...

TASS/. The Anglo-Saxons will never relinquish the idea of splitting Russia, Crimea’s head Sergey Aksyonov said at an event dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Yalta Conference, which took ...

Indiana football coach Curt Cignetti retained all expected starters and most backups after reaching the College Football Playoff. While facing significant roster turnover in previous years ...

The sheer scale of Earth's plastic problem has been laid bare in a new study. Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have discovered microplastics in the snow near some of Antarctica ...

In 563 Colum Cille set sail from Derry to found a new monastery. Conall, 6th King of Dalriada ... they converted the Picts and restored Christianity to Anglo-Saxon Northumbria in the 7th century. In ...