Athelstan is a monk at the Lindisfarne monastery when Ragnar Lothbrok (Travis Fimmel) takes him as a slave. It was Ragnar’s fist raid on England and it was more than successful. He takes Athelstan as ...

Who is Athelstan in ‘Vikings’? Athelstan is a former Saxon monk from Lindisfarne in Northumbria in England. Ragnar abducts him, taking him as a slave in the first-ever raid on England. Athelstan can ...

Residents of an historic Wiltshire town were left in awe when a National Lottery-funded archaeological dig turned up countless treasures in their gardens - some dating back centuries. The picturesque ...

Introducing the Athelstan 1100 project celebrating the 1100th anniversary of Athelstan becoming King. In 2024, Malmesbury in Wiltshire will play host to a bumper programme of events to mark the 1100th ...

Long before England was truly secure, a single catastrophic clash between Athelstan's unified kingdom and a desperate triple alliance of Scots, Norse, and Britons would determine whether the island's ...

The charming wedding of Prince Harry and the American Meghan Markle last May 19 has made the news on both sides of the Atlantic. On the morning of his wedding, the queen made the young prince duke of ...

The Athelstan Pilgrim Way, a new 100-mile trail in Wiltshire, recalls the reign of England's first king 1,100 years after his crowning. If you were asked to name a famous English monarch, maybe you'd ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Podcaster and historian Tom Holland joined with South Western Railway to name the train in Kingston upon Thames (Jack Hall/KN/MI) ...

Edward died in the summer of 924. It appears that his son, Athelstan, was not intended to be king - although he was the first born of Edward's many children, he seems to have been viewed as ...