Battle of Hastings, part 1
October 14 dawned early, with armies prepping for battle on Caldbec Hill and the surrounding area beneath. Harold had made no formal attempts to...
The Making of a Fuehrer
Two images that brought fear into men's hearts and minds for nearly 25 years, first only a small number but gradually expanding until the...
The History of Viennese Coffee Shops
For over 400yrs, the opulent coffee houses of Vienna have attracted the intelligensia of Europe but are now in decline, a victim of globalisation.
In...
The Nazi Party – Early Days
The trouble with leaving politicians to play, as was suggested the German people did, at the end of the last article, is that they...
Berwick Bridge: Construction
It is not too difficult to track expenditure during early construction, but has been difficult to track physical progress from available documents.
There were...
Glastonbury: More Christian “Borrowing”
The abbey at Glastonbury and the inclusion of the Tor as a whole into the Arthurian tradition is yet another example of the Christian...
Plague
After posting my last article I realized that I had made a horrendous error. I seem to have put the proverbial cart before the...
Early Arthurian Britain – Archaeology and the Early Arthurian Period
While archaeological evidence is scanty in support of Arthurian documentation and its more fanciful literary/mythological/folkloric aspects, it has begun to reveal the way in...
Three Overlords of England: A Study in Political Geography
With the ascending of Egbert to the overlordship, or owner of the title Bretwalda, we can now do a historical analysis of the kingdoms...
From Hastings to Crowning
History is not often simple and rarely complete. It is tempting to look back on the days of that October campaign in 1066 and...