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The ruins of an early 17th century bastle or defensible farmhouse in the Anglo-Scottish Borders as protection against Border Reivers. Source: drhfoto/Adobe Stock — 20 May 2024

The Hot Trod: A History of the Anglo-Scottish Border

By John Sadler

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Here are two peoples almost identical in blood – the same language and religion; and yet a few years of quarrelsome isolation – in comparison with the great historical cycles – have so separated their thoughts and ways, that not unions nor...
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The ruins of an early 17th century bastle or defensible farmhouse in the Anglo-Scottish Borders as protection against Border Reivers. Source: drhfoto/Adobe Stock — 20 May 2024

The Hot Trod: A History of the Anglo-Scottish Border

By John Sadler

History & Tradition

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Here are two peoples almost identical in blood – the same language and religion; and yet a few years of quarrelsome isolation – in comparison with the great historical cycles – have so separated their thoughts and ways, that not unions nor...
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An illustration of Christine de Pizan writing in her study, from The Book of the Queen (Harley MS 4431, f. 4r) (Image source: The British Library/ Public Domain) — 30 Aug 2023

Women’s Wills From Anglo-Saxon Times To Post War Feminists

By Viki Holton

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Since ancient times, wills and inheritance have a long, recorded history and Britain is no different. A history of a thousand years of the wills of women offer a rare but rich glimpse into their often otherwise secluded and unreported lives....
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An illustration of Christine de Pizan writing in her study, from The Book of the Queen (Harley MS 4431, f. 4r) (Image source: The British Library/ Public Domain) — 30 Aug 2023

Women’s Wills From Anglo-Saxon Times To Post War Feminists

By Viki Holton

History & Tradition

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Since ancient times, wills and inheritance have a long, recorded history and Britain is no different. A history of a thousand years of the wills of women offer a rare but rich glimpse into their often otherwise secluded and unreported lives....
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Behold the Handmaiden of the Lord. The Annunciation on the stained glass in church St Etheldreda by Charles Blakeman (1953) (Renáta Sedmáková/ Adobe Stock) — 09 Aug 2023

Translating Saint Etheldreda, A Tawdry Tale Of Medieval England

By Dr Charles Moseley

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Etheldreda – St Audrey - is a familiar figure, especially so in Ely, a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire district, England. 2023 commemorates the 1,350th anniversary of her founding her monastery after running away from her second husband,...
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Behold the Handmaiden of the Lord. The Annunciation on the stained glass in church St Etheldreda by Charles Blakeman (1953) (Renáta Sedmáková/ Adobe Stock) — 09 Aug 2023

Translating Saint Etheldreda, A Tawdry Tale Of Medieval England

By Dr Charles Moseley

History & Tradition

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Etheldreda – St Audrey - is a familiar figure, especially so in Ely, a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire district, England. 2023 commemorates the 1,350th anniversary of her founding her monastery after running away from her second husband,...
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Anglo Saxon Chieftain( Archivist /Adobe Stock) — 16 Jun 2023

Bretwaldas: The Early Anglo-Saxon Kings Of Post-Roman Britain

By Tony Sullivan

History & Tradition

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Current literature on the early medieval period in England and the Anglo-Saxons in general, supporting an outdated curriculum taught 40 years ago, postulating that waves of Anglo-Saxons warriors arrived in Britain and pushed the indigenous...
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Anglo Saxon Chieftain( Archivist /Adobe Stock) — 16 Jun 2023

Bretwaldas: The Early Anglo-Saxon Kings Of Post-Roman Britain

By Tony Sullivan

History & Tradition

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Current literature on the early medieval period in England and the Anglo-Saxons in general, supporting an outdated curriculum taught 40 years ago, postulating that waves of Anglo-Saxons warriors arrived in Britain and pushed the indigenous...
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Cynegils of Wessex by John Speed (1611) (Public Domain) — 28 Apr 2023

The Shadowy Kingdom Of Gewissae, Britain’s First Kings

By Jake Leigh-Howarth

History & Tradition

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Gewissae was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom that ruled much of southern Britain from the fifth to the seventh centuries as the island began forging a new identity in the aftermath of Roman occupation. Beginning with the fabled reign of the mysterious...
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Cynegils of Wessex by John Speed (1611) (Public Domain) — 28 Apr 2023

The Shadowy Kingdom Of Gewissae, Britain’s First Kings

By Jake Leigh-Howarth

History & Tradition

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Gewissae was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom that ruled much of southern Britain from the fifth to the seventh centuries as the island began forging a new identity in the aftermath of Roman occupation. Beginning with the fabled reign of the mysterious...
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Repton, The British Valhalla To The Great Viking Heathen Army And Ivar The Boneless? — 17 Feb 2023

Repton, The British Valhalla To The Great Viking Heathen Army And Ivar The Boneless?

By Rebecca Batley

Archaeology & Science

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Was Ivar the Boneless, son of Ragnar Lothbrock, buried at Repton in Derbyshire county, England? At first glance the small village of Repton, with its gentle village green does not seem at all remarkable, but over the past 50 years archaeology has...
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Repton, The British Valhalla To The Great Viking Heathen Army And Ivar The Boneless? — 17 Feb 2023

Repton, The British Valhalla To The Great Viking Heathen Army And Ivar The Boneless?

By Rebecca Batley

Archaeology & Science

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Was Ivar the Boneless, son of Ragnar Lothbrock, buried at Repton in Derbyshire county, England? At first glance the small village of Repton, with its gentle village green does not seem at all remarkable, but over the past 50 years archaeology has...
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The body of Leo V is dragged to the Hippodrome through the Skyla Gate. Varangian Guardsmen, an illumination from the Skylitzes Chronicle; many if not most members of the Varangian guard were English after the 11th century (Public Domain) — 11 Jan 2023

Nova Anglia, The Forgotten Anglo-Saxon Enclave In Ukraine

By Jake Leigh-Howarth

History & Tradition

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Tucked away in the outer regions of the Byzantine empire was a pocket of towns with a series of unusual names that have puzzled academic and armchair historians alike, for among the most unexpected of the oddities that dot the antiquated maps of...
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The body of Leo V is dragged to the Hippodrome through the Skyla Gate. Varangian Guardsmen, an illumination from the Skylitzes Chronicle; many if not most members of the Varangian guard were English after the 11th century (Public Domain) — 11 Jan 2023

Nova Anglia, The Forgotten Anglo-Saxon Enclave In Ukraine

By Jake Leigh-Howarth

History & Tradition

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Tucked away in the outer regions of the Byzantine empire was a pocket of towns with a series of unusual names that have puzzled academic and armchair historians alike, for among the most unexpected of the oddities that dot the antiquated maps of...
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