How Great was Alfred?
In uniting the peoples of Wessex and Mercia, the celebrated king left an ideological legacy of lasting importance.
In uniting the peoples of Wessex and Mercia, the celebrated king left an ideological legacy of lasting importance.
Stripping Edward the Confessor of his independence.
In the popular imagination, William the Conqueror is, without doubt, the villain, yet the sources we have for his life are ambivalent.
One of King John's most detestable crimes – the starving to death of 22 knights at Corfe Castle – has been surprisingly overlooked by historians.
The struggle between King John and his barons turned into open warfare at Rochester Castle in 1215. Yet the story of how the fortress came to be besieged has not been fully understood, says Marc Morris.
Will England's most reviled king get the Thomas Cromwell treatment? It doesn't seem likely.
The violence and gore in the hit TV series simply reflect the bloodiness of the Middle Ages, right? Not necessarily, says Marc Morris.
Whilst many Anglo-Saxons suffered under the Norman yoke, the Conquest came with the promise of freedom for England’s slaves.
St George only gained popularity in England in the 15th century and Richard the Lionheart had nothing to do with his adoption as the nation’s patron saint.