The Arrival of the Grim Reaper: England in the 14th Century In the early 14th century, England was a land […]
The Calm Before the Storm: England in 1348 On June 23, 1348, the eve of St. John’s Day, coastal villages […]
A Kingdom Divided: The Troubled Reign of Edward II The early 14th century witnessed a dramatic confrontation between two starkly […]
The Last Stand of a Welsh Prince In mid-November, facing the grim prospect of winter starvation with supply lines severed, […]
The Fragile Balance of Power in Medieval Wales The late 13th century witnessed a precarious political dance between Wales and […]
The Seeds of Rebellion in 13th-Century England The mid-13th century witnessed a perfect storm of discontent in England. King Henry […]
The Fractured Isles: Britain Before the Age of National Consciousness Long before the modern concept of nation-states took shape, the […]
The Siege of Châlus: A King’s Fatal Pride In 1199, Richard I of England—known to history as Richard the Lionheart—met […]
The Angevin Empire at Its Zenith The 12th century witnessed the rise of the Angevin Empire under Henry II, a […]
The Rise of a King and His Chancellor The dramatic confrontation between King Henry II of England and Archbishop Thomas […]
The Angevin Empire: A Patchwork of Cultures and Laws The 12th century witnessed the rise of the Angevin Empire under […]
The Dreamer Who Forged a Nation In the turbulent 12th century, when England’s crown was contested between rival dynasties, a […]
The Road to 1066: A Kingdom in Peril The year 1066 stands as one of the most consequential in English […]
A Kingdom Divided: The Roots of the Godwin Family Feud The year 1066 stands as one of the most pivotal […]
The Fractured Kingdom: England Before the Conquest The mid-11th century was a period of extraordinary tension in Anglo-Saxon England. King […]
The Gathering Storm: England Before the Conquest For much of its early medieval history, England resembled a patchwork of rival […]
The Making of a Legendary King Most of what we know about Alfred the Great comes from the biography written […]
The Rise and Fall of Roman Britain For centuries, Roman Britain stood as a testament to imperial grandeur, its cities […]
The Emperor’s Grand Design: Origins of Hadrian’s Wall When Emperor Hadrian visited Britain around 122 AD, he envisioned more than […]
Discovering a Lost World In 1850, a violent storm swept across the Bay of Skaill on the Orkney Islands, stripping […]
