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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...
06 Nov
Early Middle Ages
02 Oct
The Viking Invasion of England – Part 1: The First Raids
You’ve given a gift, right? You’ve felt anger. You’ve learned a new skill. And you’ve definitely looked out of a ...
30 May
The Last Viking Invasion: Battle at Stamford Bridge
The makeshift camp rang with the sounds of merrymaking, as the burgeoning heat of the late-summer morning began t...
16 May
Were the ‘Barbarians’ the True Successors of Rome?
The 'barbarian invasions' shook Roman society to its core, changing the dynamics which governed Roman society, an...
03 Jan
The Rise and Fall of the Abbasid Caliphate
Western, Anglocentric histories have too often lumped all of the vast complexity of the Middle East into the umbr...
20 Dec
When Did The Middle Ages Begin?
The question as to ‘when the Middle Ages began’ is a simple one on the surface. Everyone knows that the Middle Ag...
30 Nov
The Legend of the Valkyrie: Were Viking Shield-Maidens Real?
Ever since the rediscovery of Norse mythology and society in the 19th century, the Vikings have been an ever-pres...
08 Nov
From Volga to Vinland: The Viking Colonisation of the Known World
By Charles J. Lockett, Senior Content Contributor and Medieval Expert
25 Oct
Gregory and the Heptarchs: The Christianization of Anglo-Saxon England
From the start of the 7th century, the pagan kings of Anglo-Saxon England began a gradual, contested and frequent...
