Royalty
Royal Arms In Church
Royal Arms can be found in many English parish churches but are easy to overlook. The question is what was their purpose and what can we learn about English history by studying them?
Read MoreKing Edward IV’s Mistress Jane Shore
King Richard III, King Edward IV and Jane Shore. Just how was the life of this woman bound up in the enthralling politics of the Middle Ages when war was raging across the country. Jane’s name is linked to some of the most important men of the period. What influence did she bring upon their lives?
Read MoreKing Richard III of England Found Facts and Fiction
Richard III found in a Car Park with an Arrow in His back, can this be him, who was he and how can we distinguish him fact from fiction and the character assasination given him by William Shakespeare?
(This post will be updated, original posted in 2012.
England as an Heptarchy
7 Kingdoms Making 1 England with Alfred uniting the enterprise and the Vikings creating the climate in which English Unification was a better option that continuing domination of the Vikings. The Kingdoms hold the key into how these regions fought and conquered and rose up against the invaders to reverse the fortunes of England and set in place what would hold until the Norman Conquest, how would we turn the corner and become one people as Bede had alluded to…
Read MoreEdgar King of Wessex and the English 959-975
Eadgar the Peaceable, what do we know…Anglo Saxon King of Wessex
Read MoreEdbald King of Kent circa 616-640
Eadbald, son of Aethelbert King of Kent who married his step-mother fails to expand the kingdom but manages to hang on to Kent.
Read MoreKing Ine of Wessex 688-726
King Ine started British Law Code and ruled in Wessex, founding the stone church at Gastonbury Abbey and abdicating to go on a pilgrimage Rome, He did not expand his dominion of Wessex but he made other notable contributions and was committed to the early Christian Church.
Read MoreHarthacnut King of the Danes and the English
Harthacnut son of Emma and Cnut, short lived Kingship a stepping stone to Edward the Confessor…
Read MoreThe Tower of London.
The Tower of London still stands as a symbol for the strength and greatness of the city of London, occupying a position as afortress for nearly two thousand years.
Read MoreThe Owain Glyn Dwr Rebellion 1400-1408
Owain Glyn Dwr, the last native Prince of Wales
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