Unbeknownst to many people, the 21st-century wireless communication technology Bluetooth derived its name from a 10th-century Viking king called Harald Bluetooth. Harald Bluetooth Gormsson, also known as Harald Blåtand Gormsen,...
Alfred the Great: Fast Facts Date of Birth: 849 Place of Birth: Wantage, Berkshire Date of Death: 899 Burial place: Winchester Parents: Æthelwulf and Osburh Siblings: Æthelbald, Æthelberht and Æthelred, Spouse: Ealhswith Children:...
Born in either 841 or 842, St Edmund was an English King whose dominion spanned large parts of East Anglia. After he was brutally executed by the invading Vikings (the...
The Vikings were ancient Scandinavian sea travelers and warriors who raided the British Isles and some parts of Europe from the 8th to 11th century. Many historians agree that the...
