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The first thirteen articles in my Kings and Queens of England series have been moved to pages on this site from their old home at Triond. The biographies cover the reigns of the kings of the Saxon and Danish houses from August 924 to January 1066. Æthelstan (924-939) Edmund I (939-946) Eadred (946-955) Eadwig [...]
Elizabeth I c1575 Henry VIII’s decision to break the Church of England away from Rome set in motion a series of events that were central to the political and religious life of the Tudor era and beyond. Today marks the 440th anniversary of one of those events, the excommunication of Henry’s daughter, Elizabeth I. [...]
Edward the Confessor Often in the study of history a reputation must be stripped away to reveal the real historical figure (or as much as the evidence allows). This applies to the story of Edward the Confessor more than most. Far from being the saintly old man seen in the Bayeux tapestry, Edward was [...]
Cnut, King of England 1016-1035 The second part of my Kings and Queens of England series covers the years 1013 to 1042. This 29-year period saw six kings on the throne of England and a power struggle between the Saxons and Danes. Part one ended in 1016 with the death of Æthelred II. In [...]
The murder of Edward the Martyr One of the first difficulties encountered when attempting to chronicle any period of history is where to start. Some may start a history of the monarchs of England with Alfred the Great, who drove back the Danes and secured his kingdom of Wessex. Others may choose to begin [...] |
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