The accepted image of the Vikings as fearsome marauders who struck terror in the hearts of their innocent victims has endured for more than 1,000 years. Historians ...

An exhibition at the University of York tells of the great lost library of Alcuin – one of the treasures of Anglo-Saxon England which vanished without trace. Or did it? STEPHEN LEWIS reports.

The Frankish king Charlemagne, also known as Carolus Magnus and Charles I, is called the “father of Europe” for good reasons [PDF]. He had about 20 children who went on to establish Europe’s ...

York-based Alcuin Homes had sought to build the homes on a 1,576m2 site south of Nelsons Lane, Dringhouses. In their application, the developer had said the site, left undeveloped from the Breary ...

"It has ever been my delight to learn or teach or write." At age 7, Bede was given to the monks of Wearmouth Abby as an oblate. He never left. "From that time, I have spent the whole of my life ...

In their application, the developer had said the site, left undeveloped from the Breary Close housing scheme, was prone to ...

Burchmore, Susan 1985. Traditional Exegesis and the Question of Guilt in the Old English ‘Genesis B’. Traditio, Vol. 41, Issue. , p. 117.

IT has been another successful year for the Wharfedale Festival of Performing Arts with entries up particularly in the drama section. Secretary Elizabeth Holbrook said that there had been four ...

THE boss of the Koh Group – owner of the expanding Koh Thai Tapas chain of restaurants – has led a management buyout. Chief executive Andrew Lennox was backed by equity finance in buying out ...