Not a simple tale of English kings overcoming Vikings, the creation of England involved far more bureaucracy than the epic legends let on
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Here, possibly four centuries before women are given a significant voice in heroic poetry in Germany and Scandinavia, a queen speaks out in an English version of a Gothic story.
Some leadership attributes, like being trustworthy or encouraging, are viewed the same way in all cultures but there are other traits that only spell leadership to people of Anglo-Celtic backgrounds.
The Anglo-Saxons were written into history by their descendants.
How a widow battled back against the Vikings and became one of the most powerful figures in Britain.
Mysterious lumps found at the bottom of a 7th-century burial ship have turned out to be bitumen from the Middle East. But how did they get there?
When the Normans conquered England, they brought their continental tastes with them.
The medieval English scholar was a devoted student of Computus – the calculation of the date of Easter.
Anglo-Saxon opposition to the Norman conquest lasted for years after the Battle of Hastings.
Reviving old remedies doesn’t tell us anything we don’t already know.
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