After 1066 The English resisted William’s rule. But it lacked the leadership and coherence it needed to be effective. William’s response was increasingly brutal, until the the north of EnglandĀ Read More
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22 1066 and Goodbye to all That
The most iconic date in English history – a story of bravery, drama – and a close run thing
21 The Normans – a race unbridled
The Normans were wildly adventurous from Viking stock a carve out realms in France, Sicily – and England
20 Anglo Saxon England in the 11th Century
Governance, Law and Society before the Norman Conquest
19 Edward the Confessor
The Confessor rules at behest of his great men, but with some success
18 The End of the Danish Dynasty, Edward the Confessor and the Rise of the Great men
The late Anglo Saxon state was dominated by overmighty subjects
16 Edmund Ironside and Cnut
The last Anglo Saxon champion slugs it out with the Danish invader
15 Aethelred, Svein Forkbeard and years of misery
The Danish tide becomes the Danish Flood
14 Aetheled the Unready and the Rising Tide
Aethelred faces the terrors of the Viking and uses brutality, marriage and bribery to survive
13 The Golden Age
Edgar’s reign may represent the height of Anglo Saxon power
12 The last King in Jorvik
Edmund the Magnificent and Eadred finally defeat Eric Bloodaxe, the last king of Jorvik. But there are some social clouds on the horizon. The Hundred Ordinances These areRead More