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Robin Hood: A Brief Overview of an English Legend

By: Lynda Osborne

The Peasants' Revolt, 1381: The Tower of London Breached

By: Marilynn Doore

Anglo-Saxon Gold Found in Staffordshire: Experts Amazed by Metal Detector’s Finds

By: John Reynolds

Saxon Building Chosen as Top Archeological Site: Visit One of the Oldest Saxon Sites In England at Repton Church

By: Christine Fadhley

Buried Treasure Found in England: Huge Hoard of Anglo-Saxon Gold and Silver Unearthed

By: Feature Writer Rupert Taylor

Robin Hood, Medieval England's Most Wanted: The Myths and Facts Surrounding History’s Undisputed King of Thieves

By: Hari Navarro

The Siege of Corfe Castle, August 1139: An Assault Upon a Rebel Stronghold During the Reign of King Stephen

By: David Pilling

The Battle of Blore Heath 23 September 1459: A Decisive Encounter between the Houses of Lancaster and York

By: David Pilling

The Viking Invasion of Wiltshire: War, Battle and Bloodshed in Saxon England

By: David Pilling

Sussex and the Invasion of England 1216: The Resistance of English Freedom Fighters against Prince Louis

By: David Pilling

Azincourt (Agincourt) and the V Sign Remembered: The English Army’s Archery Expertise Brought Victory in 1415

By: Elaine Findlay

The Jewish Massacre at York: Events That Led to the 1190 Massacre

By: Kim Rush

Danelaw: The Danish Occupation of Anglo Saxon England

By: Adrienne Warber

Alfred the Great Saves England from Danish Rule: Battles with Danelaw

By: Adrienne Warber

Reivers - The Anglo Scots Border Laws of 1249: Law on the English\Scottish Borderline in Medieval Britain

By: Thomas William Moss

John Felton: And the assassination of George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham

By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

Events that led to the Battle of Hastings: How the Future of England was Reshaped by a Dramatic Year

By: Barry Vale

The Oxford Martyrs Trail: In the footsteps of Thomas Cranmer, Hugh Latimer, and Nicolas Ridley

By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

William Caxton: The first English Printer

By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

The Lollards: English Heretics Before the Reformation

By: Barry Vale

The Anglo Saxon Calendar: The month’s of the Anglo-Saxon Year

By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

Samhain and Halloween in Britain and Ireland: The History and Traditions of the Autumn Festival

By: Marc Latham

The Magna Carta: Caused by the Unpopular King John of England

By: Barry Vale

Reivers - The Border Marches of Britain: Districts Set in Place to Control the Scottish/English Reivers

By: Thomas William Moss

Reivers - Border Laws - England and Scotland: Control of the Border Reivers across a Frontier in constant Strife.

By: Thomas William Moss

Reivers - Border Laws of Medieval Britain: Enacted to Combat Crime across the English\Scottish Border

By: Thomas William Moss

Reivers - Scottish English Border: The Frontier Between the Countries Gave Birth to the Border Reivers

By: Thomas William Moss

A Brief History of Early Roman London: Population, Timeline, the Roman Wall and the London Bridge

By: Valerie Suydam

Saxon Christianity: How Britain's first Convent came about.

By: Tony Butcher

The Anglo-Saxon Penny: The Earliest Silver Coins Produced by the English

By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

The Death of King Alexander III: Intended Heiress was Margaret “the Maid of Norway”

By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

The Later Plantagenets: An Overview of Later Plantagenet Rule, 1272-1399

By: Ross Adkin

The First Plantagenets: An Overview of Early Plantagenet Rule, 1154-1272

By: Ross Adkin

Overview of the Norman Kings: A Brief Outline of the Reigns of England's Norman Rulers

By: Ross Adkin

Penda of Mercia: Last of the Great Pagan Saxon Kings

By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

Overview of England's Richard I: A "Lionhearted" Crusader and an Absent King of England

By: Ross Adkin

Overview of England's Henry II: The Rule of the First Plantagenet, One of the Great Medieval Kings

By: Ross Adkin

Cadwallon ap Cadfan: King of Gwynedd 625-634

By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

Ine: King of Wessex 688 - 726

By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

Magna Carta 1215: The beginning of the English Constitution

By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

The Venerable Bede: The Life and Works of the Father of English History

By: Isaac M. McPhee

William Rufus: King William II

By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

The Saxon Kingdoms: The Rise of Mercia, Wessex, & Northumbria

By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

Urien of Rheged: & The Second Saxon Offensive

By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

Maelgwn Gwynedd: A.k.a Mailcun or Maglocunus,‘Dragon of the Ilsand’

By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

Mons Bodonicus (Mount Badon): King Arthur’s Greatest Victory

By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

Allele, the First Bretwalda: The Saxon Invasion of Sussex

By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

The Downfall of Vortigern: The Great Saxon Rebellion

By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

Vortigern & Ambrosius: British Civil War

By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

The Rise of Vortigern: The “Overking” of Britain

By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

Vortigern, Germanus, and Cunedda: The British Campaigns against the Irish

By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

The Norman Knight: The Weapons and Armor of the Norman heavy Cavalry

By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

The Death of Harold Godwinson: Was King Harold really killed by an arrow to the eye?

By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

The Anglo-Saxon Warrior: The Weapons and Armour of the Early English Warrior

By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

The Excavation at Sutton Hoo: Burial Mound of Raedwald, Bretwalda

By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

The Picts: The Dark Age Rulers of Scotland

By: Feature Writer Joseph Allen McCullough

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