14 Aug Anglo-Saxons, High Middle Ages, Medieval History, Uncategorised The Anarchy, Part 3: King Stephen and Empress Matilda 16 August 2023 By Charles J Lockett It is the year 1138 CE. The clouds have burst. Open hostilities between Empress Matilda, the daughter of King Hen...Continue reading
07 Aug Anglo-Saxons, High Middle Ages, Medieval History, Uncategorised The Anarchy: Civil War in England, Part 2: A Crumbling Kingdom 16 August 2023 By Charles J Lockett The board is set. The pieces are moving. The Anarchy is going to descend upon England. In our first part, we imme...Continue reading
31 Jul Anglo-Saxons, High Middle Ages, Medieval History, Uncategorised The Anarchy: Civil War In England, Part 1: The Wreck Of The White Ship 16 August 2023 By Charles J Lockett High Medieval England was a particularly violent and unsettled place, in a violent and unsettled time. The seizur...Continue reading
02 Sep Anglo-Saxons, Medieval History What Happened to the Anglo-Saxons After 1066? 16 August 2023 By Charles J Lockett The Witan hall was emptier than it had been only eight months earlier. Much ill had transpired since the icy asse...Continue reading
25 Oct Anglo-Saxons, Early Middle Ages, Medieval History Gregory and the Heptarchs: The Christianization of Anglo-Saxon England 16 August 2023 By Charles J Lockett From the start of the 7th century, the pagan kings of Anglo-Saxon England began a gradual, contested and frequent...Continue reading