A "very unusual" gold pendant made by an early Anglo-Saxon in imitation of a Roman coin has been discovered by a detectorist.

From outrageous costumes to trick or treat: the unexpected ancient roots of Halloween's most popular – and most esoteric – ...

The late 5th to early 6th Century pendant was created at a time when Anglo-Saxons were pagans, which was "slightly ironic", said coin expert Adrian Marsden. The find was discovered in a field near ...

Those early Samhain dressing-up rituals began to change when Pope Gregory 1 (590-604) arrived in Britain from Rome to convert Pagan Anglo-Saxons to Christianity. The Gregorian mission decreed that ...

1. Line two baking trays with baking paper and preheat the oven to 180C/160C fan/ Gas Mark 6. 2. Add to a mixing bowl the flour, oats, ginger, bicarbonate of soda and butter, then rub in to resemble ...

A political map of Britain c. 650 (the names are in modern English) An early 20th-century depiction of Bede, who provides much of the textual information on Anglo-Saxon paganism. Painting by James ...

Monarchs of Northumbria. Discover the story of the kings of Northumbria from Oswiu ( c. 654 – c. 670 AD ) to Ælla ( c. 862 – ...

helping him evangelize their Anglo-Saxon conquerors. Laboring patiently, Augustine wisely heeded the missionary principles—quite enlightened for the times—suggested by Pope Gregory: purify rather than ...

Before they were converted to Christianity in the 7th century AD, the Anglo-Saxons were pagans who worshipped a variety of gods and goddesses. There are several notable similarities between their gods ...

There are quite a few literary and cinematic works about the First Crusade, and in most of them, beginning with the anonymous ...