Mention the Battle of Hastings and most of the English-speaking world will have an idea what you are talking about. They may only have a...

Probably the most significant medieval Yuletide season event was the coronation of William, Duke of Normandy as King of England....

On November 25th 1120, a Maritime catastrophe occurred that would have far reaching consequences on the history of England and the...

In October 1066AD, William the Conqueror scored a decisive victory at Hastings in Sussex. This event changed the course of English...

First the Serious Stuff. Romance authors are fond of referring to their heroes as alpha males as if the romance genre invented the term....

The plot of Love’s Sweet Sting, takes us to the famous Lindisfarne Abbey off the north east coast of England. Among other things,...

For a change of pace, I thought I'd share with you some things about me you may not know. I was born in the north of England, in the...

Music was an essential part of life for medieval people. They loved it. Because their world was not as filled with noise as ours is, they...

AS OF SEPTEMBER 2021 1. Adam de Montbryce (BIRTHRIGHT) 2. Adrien de Montbryce (ADRIEN) 3. Aidan FitzRam (STL) (LOVE’S SWEET...

September 23rd marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Baroness Emma Orczy. You may not know her name, but you’ve probably heard of...

I love history. So, it was no surprise that when someone mentioned finding an 1891 census of England on a genealogy website, I wondered...

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