If the Conqueror had stayed at home.
After attending a recent enactment at Battle Abbey, I was reminded of the old Irish saying, “If ifs and buts were pots and pans, they’d be no need for tinkers'…
The Reign of William the Conqueror: Success or Failure?
Consult most history books or even, heaven forbid, ask an AI engine if William the Conqueror was successful post-1066 and the answer will be a resounding YES. The Norman…
The Causes of the Rise and Fall of the Norman Empire
William the Conqueror would have turned in his grave
William the Conqueror: Good or Bad Ruler?
The jury has been out on William the Conqueror for over a thousand years but from a Saxon point of he was definitely a ‘bad ‘un’. However, history is written…
The Fundamental Traits of a Succesful Viking
The Viking Golden Age was considered to be between 800 and 1200 BCE and many characters exemplified their best traits during this tumultuous period. Sea Kings like Harold Ganger, Thorkill…
A Butterfly Beats Its Wings In Northumbria …
After a great start to his campaign at Fulford Gate, Harald Hardrada, the Norwegian King fell on the field of battle changing the political and military face of Scandinavia forever. It also marked the end of an era sounding the death knell for the four hundred year old ‘Age of the Vikings’ and Norway took several generations to recover.
Godwinson, the Bastard, Hardrada: evil men or merely opportunists?
During 1066 the belligerent war leaders of Harold Godwinson, Harald Hardrada, and William of Normandy met on various fields of battle in England. They all believed that they had a…
William the Conqueror: Great General or a Good Manager?
William the Conqueror: Great General or Good Campaigner It is a much-mooted question as to whether or not William the Conqueror deserved to win the Battle of Hastings. It is…
