Tag: Anglo-Saxon

• Legendary People: Lady Godiva

  

  This is the first post in a new series I’ve been wanting to start for a while now. With medieval history in particular, there are lots of figures who have taken on legendary status. Some of these may have had real, historic roots, whilst others were purely fictional, but in the centuries since people have…

  justhistoryposts

  July 26, 2017

  Legendary People

  Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon History, Chronicles, Church History, English History, folklore, history, Legends, Medieval Church, Medieval England, Medieval History, Women, Women’s History

• What happened after 1066? The Harrying of the North

  

  I can almost guarantee that if you asked any English person who can only remember one thing from history at school, it is the date 1066. It is drilled into us: 1066, the turning point in English history, when William the Conqueror came over from Normandy, beat others to the throne of England, and ended…

  justhistoryposts

  June 3, 2017

  Important Events

  1066, Anglo-Saxon, English History, European History, history, Medieval England, Medieval History, Military History, William the Conqueror