Where did the Anglo-Saxons come from? Learn about Anglo-Saxons settlements, daily life and jobs in this BBC Bitesize year 3/4 History guide.

What were Anglo-Saxon art and games like? Learn about Anglo-Saxon craft, stories, games and sport in this BBC Bitesize KS2 History guide.

The Anglo-Saxons were a group of Germanic tribes who gradually invaded England starting in the 5th century in the wake of the collapse of the Roman Empire. Originally, they came ...

The Anglo-Saxons began to invade Britain while the Romans were still in control. The country of ‘England’ did not come into existence for hundreds of years after the Anglo-Saxons first arrived.

Anglo-Saxon was a way to distinguish genteel old-money types, such as nativist Republican Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, from members of inferior races who had names such as, well, McCarthy.

Well, there are two: that “Anglo-Saxon” was “hardly used” by the Anglo-Saxons to refer to themselves; and that because racists have used the term, it has been in some way “contaminated”.

SOME of Oxfordshire’s most dazzling archaeological treasures will be going on display next month. The exhibition at The Oxfordshire Museum in Woodstock, called Unearthed: Riches of the Romans ...

An antique map of Britain under the Anglo-Saxons (Image: duncan1890/Getty Images) And during those years, they left behind a massive legacy. For starters, we get our nation’s name, England, from ...

Anglo-Saxons will be played by a diverse cast in a new BBC historical drama about the Battle of Hastings. The eight-part series King and Conqueror will tell the story of Harold and William’s ...

Sites like this contain massive quantities of oysters harvested some 2,200--1,300 years ago and were key to forming the foundation for this study. Bonnie Newsom/National Museum of Natural History ...