A Kingdom Divided: England in the Mid-15th Century The year 1455 found England in a precarious state. King Henry VI’s […]
A Kingdom on the Brink: England in the Late 1440s The year 1449 marked a turning point in English history, […]
A Kingdom Divided: The Revolutionary Overthrow of 1399 The year 1399 marked a seismic shift in English political history that […]
The Elusive Definition of “Norman” For centuries, historians have grappled with defining what exactly constituted “Norman” identity. The term has […]
Introduction: The Indispensable Medieval Church The medieval Church stood as a cornerstone of European society, intertwining spiritual authority with secular […]
The Rise of the Normans: From Raiders to Rulers The Normans, descendants of Viking settlers in northern France, emerged as […]
The Rise of a Bastard Duke William II, Duke of Normandy, better known as William the Conqueror, was born in […]
From Raiders to Rulers: The Viking Onslaught The late 9th and early 10th centuries marked a turbulent era for the […]
The Crucible of Normandy: Where Vikings Became Normans The story of the Normans begins not with a people, but with […]
From Viking Raiders to Frankish Lords The story of the Normans begins not with a settled people, but with restless […]
From Soen to William: The Disappearing Names of England In 1114, a worker list from an English farm reveals names […]
The Making of a Norman Monarch Henry I, youngest son of William the Conqueror, ascended to the English throne in […]
The Conqueror’s Fractured Family Dynasty Few figures in medieval history cast as long a shadow as William the Conqueror, the […]
The Fall of Anglo-Saxon England The year 1066 marked a seismic shift in English history. The death of Edward the […]
The Stage Is Set: England Before the Invasion The year 1066 stands as one of the most consequential dates in […]
The Rise of a Viking Legend Harald Sigurdsson, better known as Harald Hardrada (“Hard Ruler”), was a figure who embodied […]
A Duke’s Fury and a Broken Oath When news reached William, Duke of Normandy, that Harold Godwinson had seized the […]
A Disrupted Childhood: Exile and Family Strife Edward, later known as “the Confessor,” was born into a royal family marked […]
The Rise and Fall of a Viking Empire The early 11th century marked a pivotal era in English history as […]
From Bloody Beginnings to the English Throne The story of Cnut the Great begins in the brutal power struggles of […]
The Rise of the Carolingian Empire and Viking Incursions The 9th century was a period of upheaval for both England […]
A Dynasty Built on Scandal and Short Lives The origins of England’s late 10th-century crises trace back to the complicated […]
