Articles related to "Hengest"

In 442 AD, Hengest led the Saxons in an uprising against the British and started a war that would continue on and off for over a century.

King Arthur is the best known name in English History, which is strange, because you would be hard pressed to find a historical figure with less historical evidence.

Vortigern was the first recorded ruler of post-Roman Britain. Unfortunately, his best remembered deed was to invite Hengest the Saxon to come and fight for Britain.

Although successful in stopping invasion from abroad, Vortigern was forced to fight against his own countrymen at the Battle of Wallop.

England (the land of the Angles) was born in the 7th century, a new country made up of a number of rival Kingdoms.

Arthurian legend is that Merlin magically constructed the henge. Celtic Druids didn't build it, but they're closely associated with these Neolithic stone structures.