British Dark & Middle Ages
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John Felton
Fictionalized in the Three Musketeers, John Felton's murder of George Villiers became a political hot point that set King Charles against his magistrates.
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The Oxford Martyrs Trail
Although Oxford has changed a lot in the 450 years since the Martyrs were executed. There are still a few sites to see.
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William Caxton
Around twenty years after Johann Gutenberg printed the first book on a printing press, William Caxton brought the new craft to England.
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The Anglo Saxon Calendar
Although our knowledge of Anglo-Saxon culture is very limited, thanks to Bede, we do know the names of the 10 Anglo-Saxon months.
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The Anglo-Saxon Penny
In the seventh century, the Anglo-Saxon monetary system transitioned from gold coins to small silver pennies, sometimes misnamed 'sceattas'.
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The Death of King Alexander III
In 1290, King Edward I came up with a plan to peacefully create a Union between Scotland and England.
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Penda of Mercia
The King of Mercia in the early 7th Century, Penda made his mark in history mainly through the men he killed.
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Cadwallon ap Cadfan
Emerging from the gloom of the Dark Ages, Cadwallon was one of the last of the British kings to overthrown an Anglo-Saxon Kingdom.
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Ine
Ine was neither the son nor the father of a king, but in his laws he left a lasting legacy in England.
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Magna Carta 1215
In 1215, King John was forced to sign Magna Carta, a document that imposed limits on royal power and serves as the basis for modern British law.
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William Rufus
After the rebellion of one brother, and the death of another, William Rufus succeded his father, William the Conqueror, as King of England.
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The Saxon Kingdoms
England (the land of the Angles) was born in the 7th century, a new country made up of a number of rival Kingdoms.
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Urien of Rheged
Starting in 570AD the Saxons moved against the British. The fight began with the Saxon conquest of the south and ended with the war against Rheged.
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Maelgwn Gwynedd
Denounced by the chronicler Gildas as beyond redemption, Maelgwn may have been the greatest of British Kings in the years following Arthur.
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Mons Bodonicus (Mount Badon)
Questions and answers about the history of the most famous battle fought between the Romano-British and the Saxon invaders.
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Allele, the First Bretwalda
At the end of the fifth century, the Saxon warrior Allele carved out his own kingdom in Sussex. Soon after, he disappears from history, a possible victim of Arthur.
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The Downfall of Vortigern
In 442 AD, Hengest led the Saxons in an uprising against the British and started a war that would continue on and off for over a century.
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Vortigern & Ambrosius
Although successful in stopping invasion from abroad, Vortigern was forced to fight against his own countrymen at the Battle of Wallop.
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The Rise of Vortigern
Vortigern was the first recorded ruler of post-Roman Britain. Unfortunately, his best remembered deed was to invite Hengest the Saxon to come and fight for Britain.
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Vortigern, Germanus, and Cunedda
With the help of the travelling Bishop Germanus' and the legendary Cunedda (Kenneth) of Wales, the British were able to contain the threat of Irish settlement and Invasio
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The Norman Knight
William the Conqueror's best troops at the battle of Hastings were his heavily armoured Norman Knights.
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The Death of Harold Godwinson
According to most chroniclers, Harold Godwinson was killed by an arrow in his eye, but a close examination of the Bayeux tapestry tells another story.
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The Anglo-Saxon Warrior
From the fall of Roman Britain, to the coming of the Normans, the warrior culture of the Anglo-Saxons ruled Britain.
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The Excavation at Sutton Hoo
The burial ship uncovered in the mound at Sutton Hoo is the greatest single find in Anglo-Saxon archaeology.
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The Picts
Sometimes called "The Painted Men", the Picts came out of nowhere to rule the north of Britain.
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