Offa a Muslim? What Does This Question Really Tell Us?
It has been suggested that King Offa of Mercia, he who held sway for 40 years and had built the huge Offa’s Dyke to keep...
Early Arthurian Britain – Languages
The languages of the fifth century Britons evolved from a common Indo-European language dubbed, “Common Celtic.” It was probably imported into Britain beginning...
Early Modern Europe – Charles XII and His Retreat to Bender
The conflict known as the Great Northern War began in 1700. King Charles XII was opposed to Czar Peter the Great of Russia, Frederick...
The King of All Franks
A brief biography of Clovis I, from his early conquest of the greater portion of Gaul , to his historic conversion to Christian Catholism.
Founder...
The Sword in the Stone: An Error in Translation?
Where have we heard this before? One word changed by a translator down through the years has made a legend out of what quite...
Oradour-sur-Glane: Site of a Massacre
The unique yet nauseating site of the memorial village of Oradour-sur-Glane, which in 1944 was the site of a horrific massacre.
Oradour-sur-Glane changed forever in...
Britain and Appeasement – History of the Second World War
Appeasement was the foreign policy of the British and French governments, an effort to prevent war in the face of Nazi Germany's aggressive expansion.
During...
Canute: Foreigner in a Foreign Land
With the death of Edmund II, the people of Britannia were ready and willing to support a foreigner as their liege lord.
It probably wasn’t...
Columba and the Loch Ness Monster
With news that a scientist thinks the Loch Ness Monster is nothing more than hot air, it is time to reexamine the origins of...
Aethelwulf’s Grand Experiment: A New Kind of Succession
Aethelwulf, King of Wessex, had a grand idea for how to solve the power struggle problem he had inherited from his predecessors: make his...