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Renewed debate over battle of Hastings location

Hamo Thornycroft's 1901 statue of King Alfred the Great in Winchester. (Photo by RDImages/Epics/Getty Images)
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Alfred the Great: do we overplay his ‘greatness’?

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Isle of Tiree, Hebrides

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A runestone depicting two warriors fighting and the journey of the Vikings to Valhalla, the hall of slain. (DEA/G. DAGLI ORTI/De Agostini/Getty Images)
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Tiw’s company

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Ye olde travel guide: Hedeby AD 950 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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St Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh

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Whithorn Priory, Dumfries and Galloway

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View across the river Clyde to Dumbarton Rock and the medieval Dumbarton Castle. (Photo by Martin W Holt via Getty Images)
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St Augustine’s Abbey, Canterbury

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The Abingdon Sword, an iron sword fragment and hilt found near Abingdon in Oxfordshire in 1874. The decoration on the sword hilt indicates this was a high status weapon dating from around AD 875. (Ashmolean Museum/Heritage Images/Getty Images)
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