Anglo Saxon England was also home to one of the great intellectuals of the Middle Ages - the monk known as the Venerable Bede. Bede, born in 672, was a monk in Jarrow, in south Tyneside.

Among those queuing to see the artefacts was Allison Buckley, 47, from Stafford. "It's almost as exciting as queuing to see the treasures of Tutankhamun," she said, recalling the rush to see the ...

A rare sixth-century sword has been uncovered in an Anglo-Saxon burial site near Canterbury, England. This remarkable find offers new insights into early medieval life and could reshape our ...

However, the skill of Anglo-Saxon art, metal-work and manuscripts does not suggest a ‘dark age’ at all. Archaeology is revealing new treasures, most famously with Sutton Hoo in 1939.

MORE than a thousand years ago, someone hastily buried sacks full of treasure. Now it’s revealing Dark Age secrets. Some 1300 years ago Europe was in turmoil. The remnants of the Roman Empire ...

The period between Roman rule and the established Anglo-Saxon kingdoms used to be called the "Dark Ages" in Britain, possibly because so little was written down at that time; and it's been ...

These tribes succeeded Rome as the dominant power in central and southern Britain, marking the beginning of what we now call the Anglo-Saxon Age, which would last for more than 600 years.

But in Britain the phrase “dark age” seems entirely apt. That, I think, is part of this era’s appeal. ... So much even of what we think we know of these centuries may simply be wrong. I mentioned the ...