Anglo Saxon gold from a Leeds field goes on display
A spectacular hoard of Anglo Saxon gold unearthed by a metal detectorist in a Leeds field will take pride of place in a new specially
1 December 2015
Bernard Cornwell’s ‘The Last Kingdom’ premieres in October!
Adapted for TV, The Last Kingdom, the first novel in The Saxon Stories by Bernard Cornwell finally gets a premiere date! BBC America announced the
19 August 2015
Carbon dating reveals ‘fantastic Saxon find’ at Stafford rail development
Archaeologists have discovered that a wooden butter churn lid unearthed at a major rail development near Stafford is from the Saxon period following scientific tests.
28 May 2015
Ghostly Faces and Invisible Verse Found in Medieval Marginalia
Ghostly faces and lines of verse previously invisible to the naked eye have been uncovered in the oldest surviving medieval manuscript written entirely in Welsh.
8 April 2015
BBC goes for Game of Thrones audience with new Saxon vs Viking drama
Bernard Cornwell’s best-selling Saxon Stories are to be adapted for television as the BBC makes a play for the Game of Thrones audience. The BBC
17 September 2014
MAP#55: Bernard Cornwell Interview – The Empty Throne
Few authors can capture the atmosphere of the middle ages as well as Bernard Cornwell. A master storyteller Bernard has written over 50 books! I
15 September 2014
£78,000 For Anglo Saxon Coin, Could it Solve an Anglo-Saxon Murder?
A rare silver coin has sold for £78,000 at auction, and experts claim its discovery could provide a clue to the gruesome murder of an
11 July 2014
Anglo Saxon Map of London
Look around any map of London and you’ll find the echoes of long-forgotten individuals. Cena, Padda, Fulla… ancient farmers who had no idea their names
10 July 2014
Mapping Miracles: Cambridge project on Medieval hagiography
Saints and miracles in today’s Church are connected through the canonization process. Usually, for a person to be beatified, and then canonized, a miracle by
22 May 2014
Aethelstan, Anglo-Saxon King of England
Susan Abernethy joins Medieval Archives with another fantastic post! Susan is the Freelance History Writer, covering topics from Ancient history to the 20th Century. Visit
18 July 2013
The River Thames, A Not-So-Secret Treasure Trove
In the United Kingdom, British archaeologists have made a number of significant discoveries as of late, from the battered remains of King Richard III —
10 April 2013
Edward the Confessor, King of England
Susan Abernethy joins the Medieval Archives with another great post. Susan is the Freelance History Writer, covering topics from Ancient history to the 20th Century.
27 March 2013
New details on the medieval ‘vampire’ burial
The discovery of a skeleton found with metal spikes through its shoulders, heart and ankles, dating from 550-700AD and buried in the ancient minster town
5 November 2012
No sexy outfits, nuns told in 1,300-year-old ‘rule’ book
Nuns in Essex were warned to avoid garments that would “nourish the fires of sexual anticipation” in a 1,300-year-old book of advice now up for
20 June 2012
History revealed on Ingleborough
The flanks of Ingleborough in the Yorkshire Dales National Park have given up one of their secrets to a team of amateur archaeologists. Members of
6 December 2011
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