No Eyewitnesses: A Historical Difficulty
Arthur, historians believe, lived in the 4th and/or 5th centuries. The exact dates depend on the dates given for the most important events in...
The Pictish Connection in Arthurian History
Celtic contributions to Arthurian history were examined and found to be perhaps difficult to substantiate. Pictish connections to Arthurian history are a bit easier...
Bronze Age Surgery Evidence Found in Thames
You never know what you’re going to find when you fish stuff out of the Thames. The latest stunning discovery is evidence of brain...
The Thegn: Beholden to His King
It’s always interesting to encounter words that have changed with time. Thegn is one of those words.
We now recognize this word as thane, originally...
The Significance of the Hill-Fort: Economic
We have seen earlier how the hill-forts of ancient Britain provided the military chieftains of the time with excellent defensive and reconnaissance capabilities. Now,...
Alfred’s Ingenious Defensive Strategy
With the treaty with the Danes concluded, Alfred could have taken great pride in his accomplishments and turned his concerns inward, there to help...
Athelstan the Great?
With each successive generation after Alfred, it seemed, the monarch was not as great. Edward, Alfred’s son, came close. His son, Athelstan, was not...
Into the Void: The Emergence of Ambrosius and Arthur
So this is Britannia in the 400s: Romans gone, Saxons streaming in, Picts threatening in the north, Britons besieged. Vortigern is himself betrayed, not...
What the Romans Left Behind: The Baths
One of the main points of focus in Roman life was the bath. The Romans bathed fully only once a week. But because their...
A True Miracle? Maybe Only in the Telling
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle has a curious entry for 797:
This year the Romans cut out the tongue of Pope Leo, put out his eyes, and...