In the fifth and sixth centuries, Anglo-Saxons were pagan, but the Roman Empire had converted to Christianity in A.D. 380 under the emperor Theodosius I. His son, Honorius, ruled as a Christian ...

The term Anglo-Saxon is a relatively modern one. It refers to settlers from the German regions of Angeln and Saxony, who made their way over to Britain after the fall of the Roman Empire around AD ...

After Alfred, Anglo-Saxon kings took the Danelaw territories ... Cnut was a strong ruler and England became part of his Viking empire, later along with Denmark and Norway. Image caption, One ...