anglo-saxons

Profiles the reigns of the kings and queens of Britain and Ireland from the Dark Ages through the end of the twentieth century.

A survey of the 650 years of the Anglo -Saxons controlled Britain from the end of Roman rule to the Battle of Hastings.

In ninth-century Britain, fifteen-year-old Aethelflaed, daughter of King Alfred of West Saxony, finds she must assume new responsibilities much sooner than expected when she is betrothed to Ethelred of Mercia in order to strengthen a strategic alliance against the Danes.

In the year 450, while the last of the Roman auxiliaries leave Britain in the face of threatening invaders, a young legionnaire named Aquila chooses to stay and fight for his native land.

Recreates everyday life in an Anglo Saxon village, including how the village was built, how homes were heated and cleaned, and how people worked by farming, weaving, and raising animals.

After the death of her mother, Aethelflaed of Mercia, seventeen-year-old Aelfwyn flees imprisonment by her uncle King Edward and, in the guise of a youthful bard, plays her part in the resolution of the tangled political enmities of tenth century Britain.

A guide to the British monarchy from the early Saxons to Elizabeth II.

In the year 450, while the last of the Roman auxiliaries leave Britain in the face of threatening invaders, a young legionnaire named Aquila chooses to stay and fight for his native land.

Examines a thousand year period of British history beginning with the invasion by the Anglo-Saxon immigrants and continuing through William the Conqueror in 1066.