Cnut’s father, Swein Forkbeard, defeated Athelred, the famously Unready father of Edward the Confessor, to take the English throne, though he died soon after. Cnut in his turn took the crown from Edward’s half-brother, Edmund Ironside, becoming king of...
Lire la suiteIn the summer of 1013, the Danish king Svein, accompanied by his son Cnut, launched an invasion of England – the first of the two successful conquests England would witness in the 11th century, but by far the less well known. Scandinavian armies had been...
Lire la suiteIn 878 King Alfred had to flee for his life when Twelfth Night celebrations at his residence in Chippenham, Wiltshire, were rudely interrupted by a surprise Viking attack, well outside the normal campaigning season. Alfred took refuge in the marshes at...
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2500 BC: Stonehenge is the talk of prehistoric Europe Visitors have always been part of Stonehenge, even the stones are foreigners: the small ones from Wales, the large ones probably from the Marlborough Downs, 20 miles to the north. Stonehenge was truly...
Lire la suitePower was inherently and inescapably male in the Middle Ages. The images displayed on the Great Seal of England encapsulated expectations of a medieval monarch: on one side the king sat in state to administer justice to his people, a sceptre in his hand;...
Lire la suiteMonday, 13 April 2015 was a typical day in modern British politics. An Oxford University graduate in philosophy, politics and economics (PPE), Ed Miliband, launched the Labour party’s general election manifesto. It was examined by the BBC’s political...
Lire la suiteIreland’s prime minister has warned that avoiding a post-Brexit “hard border” is now vital for the republic’s national interest. Enda Kenny said Ireland would fight against any attempt to create a fortified frontier once the British government triggers...
Lire la suiteLONDON — Theresa May’s Article 50 bill — the legislation that will authorize her to take the U.K. out of the European Union — is nearing the end of its journey through parliament. For the past two days it has been residing with the House of Lords — domain...
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Game of Thrones actor Kit Harington has been confirmed to star in a new drama series about the infamous Gunpowder Plot of 1605, telling the little-known story of the real brains behind the operation: Robert Catesby. Harington had been rumoured to be working...
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