Casting Light upon the Shadow

In 1066, when Edward the Confessor died, Harold Godwineson was declared king. Yet he felt the need to ride north to secure the pledges of th...

It's the time of year for anniversaries - William the Conqueror crowned on Christmas Day, 1066, Edward the Confessor's death on Jan ...

As another year comes to a close, it seems a good time to look back on the last twelve months which, for me, have been spent researching dee...

I was delighted to be asked by Staffordshire Live what I thought of the portrayal of Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians, in the TV series, The ...

“No man can make himself king, but the people have the choice to select as king whom they please, but after he is consecrated as king, he t...

On November 12 1035, Cnut died. How had he, a foreigner, established himself as king of England, with full authority? For a contemporary a...