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Was King John Really That Bad? Part 2: The Prince In The Tower
His name has passed into legend as a by-word for corrupt government, cruelty and swingeing taxation: ‘Bad King Jo...
22 May
Medieval History
08 May
Was King John Really That Bad? – Part 1: The Inconstancy of Prince John
King John, the only English monarch of that name, has become a by-word for monarchical cruelty and excess. This i...
10 Apr
Emma of Normandy: England’s Norman Kingmaker
Matilda, Lady of the English. Eleanor of Aquitaine. Queen Isabella. These are some of the most important figures ...
18 Dec
King Canute the Great, Ruthless Viking Emperor: Part 2 – The North Sea Empire
In the spring of 1017 CE, Knútr Sveinsson - known to the English as Canute – was crowned King of England by the A...
12 Dec
King Canute the Great, Ruthless Viking Emperor: Part 1 – The Rise of Canute
At first, the Vikings were just traders, bearing rare luxuries from the frozen north. Then, they began raiding th...
04 Dec
Was King Ethelred Really Unready?: Æþelræd Unræd, King Sweyn Forkbeard and the Danegeld
Anglo-Saxon England died a slow and torturous death. The date of 1066 CE is an easy date for historians: when Wil...
20 Nov
Aethelflaed, Lady of Mercia: The Anglo-Saxons’ Only Queen
The Viking Great Heathen Army had devastated the Anglo-Saxon world. Four Anglo-Saxon Kings were dead or exiled, ...
06 Nov
The Danelaw: Partition and Reconstruction in Early Medieval England
The invasion of the Great Heathen Army in 865 CE upended the Anglo-Saxon world. Thousands of Scandinavian warrior...
30 Oct
The Viking Invasion of England: Part 3 – King Alfred and Guthrum the Dane
England is burning. The Great Heathen Army have pillaged and burned their way across the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms - b...
09 Oct
Viking Invasion of England: Part 2 – The Great Heathen Army
Until the winter of 865 CE, the Vikings showed little intention of conquering England. They had raided and pillag...
