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Showing posts with label Saxons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Saxons. Show all posts
Thursday, May 18, 2017

Vikings Beheaded English King and Patron Saint Edmund, but What Happened to his Body?

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Ancient Origins It’s a 9th century tale involving Vikings, their beheading of a famous English king, and upheaval that led to the buria...
Monday, May 15, 2017

Joyeuse: The Legendary Sword of Charlemagne

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Ancient Origins The sword of Joyeuse, which today sits in the Louvre Museum, is one of the most famous swords in history. Historical r...
Sunday, January 8, 2017

10 things you (probably) didn’t know about the Anglo-Saxons

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History Extra Edward The Confessor, Anglo-Saxon king of England. From the Bayeux Tapestry, which tells the story of the events leading ...
Monday, May 30, 2016

Historians Draw Closer to the Tomb of the Legendary King Arthur

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Ancient Origins For many decades, researchers have tried to confirm the existence of King Arthur of Camelot, the legendary ruler that ...
Tuesday, June 2, 2015

History Trivia - Geiseric the Vandal sacks Rome

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June 2 455 Geiseric the Vandal sacked Rome. 597 Saxon King Ethelbert was the first English King to convert to Christianity and bap...
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