According to one scholar, it has been called the “greatest Christian poem written in English.” That’s a debatable call but a position that one would well argue. It is certainly one of the oldest poems ...

Traditionally, the wake of invasion or revolution presents a sad story of the deposed monarchy. The early 20th century brought a series of autobiographies of nobles from Spain, and what had been the ...

The date 1066 is imprinted on the minds of generations of British schoolchildren. This was the year that William, Duke of Normandy, defeated King Harold II at Hastings and set in motion some of the ...

A British college that offers courses in medieval history is reportedly scrutinizing multiple historical terms out of concern that they evoke nationalism. British news outlet The Telegraph reported ...

Figure 1: Geographic and temporal context of the samples used in this study. However, even large-scale analyses of present-day data provide only weak evidence of the Anglo-Saxon migration impact, ...