Tidig historia: ca 500 – ca 1450/1500
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The Woodville family are synonymous with the Wars of the Roses. While much has been published on the family as a whole, especially Elizabeth, wife of Edward IV, Anthony Woodville – …
In 1135, Stephen of Blois usurped the throne, stealing it from his cousin Empress Matilda and sparking a nineteen-year civil war that would become known as the Anarchy, one of the …
Forgotten Vikings is a chronological overview book of the Viking Age (793-1066 AD) and quite a lot of history on either side of that arbitrary date. Arbitrary? This book aims to …
The period between 1500 and the present day has directly formed the world we live in. Growing population, increased urbanisation, industrialisation, and ever quickening pace of …
The Anglo-French war of 1294-1303 has not been the subject of a major study since the early 1900s. Recent histories tend to treat it as a sideshow compared to Edward I’s wars in …
A fascinating selection of Early Medieval objects registered as part of the Portable Antiquities Scheme.
The end of Roman Britain and the arrival of the invading Saxons forms part of the most disruptive period in Britain's history. Centuries of relative stability as a Roman province …
When the mighty Henry I died in December 1135, leaving no legitimate son, who was to replace him on the throne of England? Would it be Stephen, nephew to the king and showered with …
The Trojan Kings of Britain presents a theory that the legend of Brutus, descendant of Aeneas of Troy, migrating to Britain with many other Trojan descendants is actually based on …
The Anglo-French war of 1294-1303 has not been the subject of a major study since the early 1900s. Recent histories tend to treat it as a sideshow compared to Edward I's wars in …