06 Dec 2017 Killer Queen: Meet Queen Elfrida – The Original Wicked Stepmother By Charles Christian History & Tradition 0 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... Read More
01 Dec 2017 Burning, Pillaging, and Carving up the Lands: Viking Raids into England - Part II By Cam Rea History & Tradition 1 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... Read More
29 Nov 2017 “Never Before Has Such a Terror Appeared”: Viking Raids into Ireland – Part I By Cam Rea History & Tradition 1 Vikings struck terror into the hearts of many in Europeans—and their reputation still lingers today when you ask a person to describe them. The answers given are that they were violent, hairy brutes, blood thirsty, and a cool people. But who were... Read More
24 Nov 2017 Understanding the Monotheism of Akhenaten: Solar Disc Thrust into Eternal Darkness–Part II By anand balaji History & Tradition 0 At first glance it appears as though Pharaoh Akhenaten is someone whom one would describe as a textbook monotheist, but are we missing the plot? Apart from Amun (and later, Osiris) the king doesn’t seem to have come down heavily on other deities... Read More
22 Nov 2017 Understanding the Monotheism of Akhenaten: Decay of a Dream and the Final Curtain Call–Part I By anand balaji History & Tradition 0 Pharaoh Akhenaten has been revered and reviled in equal measure for unleashing his religious policy of one god, the Aten sun disc. But, was the king a monotheist in letter and spirit – one who proscribed the worship of not merely the state god... Read More