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Showing posts with label Dark Ages. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dark Ages. Show all posts
Thursday, July 29, 2021

The Briton and the Dane by Mary Ann Bernal - hardcover edition now available

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  …With a sweeping elegance, I soon found myself utterly enchanted with The Briton and the Dane by Mary Ann Bernal. Gwyneth was a character ...
Sunday, April 26, 2020

Book Spotlight: The Du Lac Curse: Book 5 of The Du Lac Chronicles by Mary Anne Yarde

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God against Gods. King against King. Brother against Brother. Mordred Pendragon had once said that the sons of Lancelot would eve...
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Saturday, March 3, 2018

Magic into Myth: Avalon, Mystical Isle of Medieval Arthurian Literature

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Ancient Origins The Isle of Apples, Isle of the Blessed, and the Otherworld. These titles have long been associated with the magical r...
Sunday, January 28, 2018

5 things you (probably) didn't know about the crusades

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History Extra Here, Dr Aysu Dincer Hadjianastasis from the University of Warwick brings you five lesser-known facts about the crusades....
Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Viking Camp Complete with Ship Building and Weapon Workshops Unearthed in England

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Ancient Origins The craftsmanship and shipbuilding capabilities of the Vikings are often overshadowed by stereotypical images of viole...
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Monday, November 13, 2017

Who Were These Vikings Buried Sitting Upright?

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Ancient Origins BY THORNEWS Accidentally, in 1963 a burial ground with 24 graves deep inside the bay of Sandvika on the eastern side...
Sunday, November 12, 2017

If King Alfred was great, was Æthelstan even greater?

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History Extra Æthelstan is shown dressed as a pilgrim with Guy of Warwick in a scene from the 14th-century 'Chronicle of England...
Friday, November 10, 2017

Ælfthryth: England’s first queen

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History Extra Illustration by Sarah Young. If asked to name a medieval queen of England, most would probably fasten upon Eleanor of ...