In 917, King Edward embarked on a swashbuckling tour
of the midlands, and brought their towns under one crown for the first time in five hundred years.
fromThe Anglo-Saxon Chronicle11th century
Scottish History
St Margaret of Scotland
When Malcolm III, King of Scots, met Princess Margaret of Wessex, he
knew at once that he had found a woman capable of setting an example to a whole nation.
fromThe Anglo-Saxon Chronicle11th century
Norman Era
The Character of the Conqueror
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle looks back on the reign of King William I.
fromThe Anglo-Saxon Chronicle11th century
Scandinavian History
The Oath of Olaf Tryggvason
Viking raider Olaf Tryggvason, newly converted to Christianity, threw his weight behind a Danish invasion of England.
