Killer Queen: Meet Queen Elfrida – The Original Wicked Stepmother
History has seen some incredible, cut-throat politics and lurid scandals, including the reign of Read More
Killer Queen: Meet Queen Elfrida – The Original Wicked Stepmother
History has seen some incredible, cut-throat politics and lurid scandals, including the reign of Queen Elgiva: a teenage Saxon princess who was caught enjoying a threesome (along with her mother!), in the bed of King Eadwig, on the day of his...
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Burning, Pillaging, and Carving up the Lands: Viking Raids into England - Part II
Vikings in history and popular culture are known as strong and dangerous, bloodthirsty killers, raiders, pillagers – pirates of land and sea. But who were the Vikings, and what were the causes of their raids across Northern Europe during the...
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Putting the Sex Back in Wessex: The Scandalous Reign of Queen Elgiva & Her Clash with a Demon-Fighting Bishop
The Queens of England (as in the consorts of Kings) during the early Medieval periods of English history rarely receive any coverage in the history books. Hands up anyone who can name the wife of William the Conqueror? It was Matilda of Flanders...
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