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The Oath of Harold Godwinson

By Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall

William the Conqueror’s chaplain used to tell this story to those who doubted his master’s claim to the English crown.

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Picture: From the Bayeux Tapestry, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.. Source.

Posted November 18 2024

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One Vast Heap of Booty

By Orderic Vitalis

Embarrassed by the behaviour of his Norman bishops and abbots, King William I asked monk Guitmond to come over and set an example.

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Picture: © Ethan Doyle White, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.. Source.

Posted August 15 2022

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The Better Man

From Holinshed’s Chronicles

Two monks vying for the abbot’s chair at one of England’s prestigious monasteries each promised King William Rufus handsome rewards for his favour.

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Picture: © Tim Green. 2.0.. Source.

Posted July 24 2021

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The Conversion of Norway

By Henry Goddard Leach

Kings of Norway educated in England drew on the experience of English clergy to establish Christianity in their own land.

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Picture: © Sergey Ashmarin, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0.. Source.

Posted August 31 2020

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St Margaret of Scotland

From The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

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.

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Picture: By William Hole (1846-1917), via the Scottish National Portrait Gallery and Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.. Source.

Posted April 20 2020

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The Voyage of Sigurd

From The Saga of Edward the Confessor

Back in the eleventh century English refugees founded New York, but it wasn’t in North America.

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Picture: By Nicholas Roerich (1874-1947), Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.. Source.

Posted March 25 2020

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In This Sign Conquer Bishop Eusebius recalls what Constantine told him about the vision that brought him the crown.

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The Marks of a Tyrant Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle explains what it is that defines a tyranny.

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Keep It Short Plutarch argues that it when it comes to strong speech, less is always more.

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Go to the Ant Solomon recommends taking lessons from one of God’s smallest but most hard-working creatures.

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Nouns of Number William Cobbett gives his son James some helpful examples of collective nouns.

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The Travellers and the Axe Two men find an axe, and then find some trouble, but they aren’t keen on sharing either of them.

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The Prophecy of Peter of Pomfret Peter foretold that King John would cease to be England’s sovereign, and he was right, though John still wore his crown.

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