He is still the only English king to be given the title ‘Great’. Alfred was in his early 20s when he became king in 871 and the defining challenge of his reign was conflict with the Vikings.

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

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

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, ...

Historians believed the coins were Anglo-Saxon and to have been hidden by a Viking. One of them was a double-headed coin, showing two rulers of England - Alfred the Great, who ruled Wessex ...

King Alfred the Great rebuilt his kingdom from Somerset ... by one of the most brutal armies ever to invade Britain: the Vikings. Within months of going into hiding in Somerset, he had rebuilt ...

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a man found guilty of stealing a Viking hoard of gold worth ... showing two rulers of England. Alfred the Great, who ruled Wessex, and Ceolwulf II ...

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of metal detectorist George Powell who stole a hoard of gold coins and jewellery valued at £3 million.

In a manner not unlike Forrest Gump, beer meets famous Irish characters through history, from St Brigid to Daniel O’Connell ...