"The Last Kingdom" follows Uhtred of Bebbanburg, a young Saxon who is kidnapped and raised by Vikings before working for Alfred the Great and ultimately seizing control of the lands that once belonged ...

Vikings had begun to conquer and move into parts of Scotland in 800 A.D. Prior to 900 A.D., Galloway was still part of the ...

The new King of Northumbria, Ecgfrith, wasted no time in wreaking revenge on the Picts. The Picts were massacred at a battle near the town of Grangemouth, where the rivers Carron and Avon meet.

and forged a new kingdom – Northumbria. So great was Oswui's power that both the Picts and the Gaels recognised his overlordship. Only after the Picts defeated the Angles at Dun Nechtain ...

At the Battle of Corbridge, he forced Ragnall, the Viking King of York, to withdraw from the Angle earldom of Northumbria that stretched from Lothian to the Tyne. In return the restored earl ...

The new King of Northumbria, Ecgfrith, wasted no time in wreaking revenge on the Picts. The Picts were massacred at a battle near the town of Grangemouth, where the rivers Carron and Avon meet.