Essays

A Palimpsest of Royal Mythmaking

Yeavering 'Great Hall Complex'

Feb 21 • Holly A Brown

Love in an Era Overshadowed by Kings and Battles

A Poetic Valentine's Special

Feb 14 • Holly A Brown

Did Arthur Actually Exist?

And why I don't think this is the right question to be asking...

Jan 31 • Holly A Brown

What Made a 'Dark Age' King?

It's more complex than Netflix would have us believe...

Jan 24 • Holly A Brown

Was Britain Really Invaded by the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes?

The Truth About Origin Stories

Jan 17 • Holly A Brown

Where Did 'Dark Age' Kings Come From?

The Origins of Power in Post-Roman Britain

Jan 10 • Holly A Brown

The First Dark Age Christmas

A Miraculous Mass-Baptism

Dec 27, 2025 • Holly A Brown

Yule Before Christmas

Pagan Echoes in the Anglo-Saxon Winter

Dec 20, 2025 • Holly A Brown

What the 'Dark Ages' Is - and Isn’t

A Plea To Get Technical With the Words We use

Nov 29, 2025 • Holly A Brown

How Christianisation Affected Women

A 7th-Century Perspective

Nov 22, 2025 • Holly A Brown

Five Dark Age Women Who Ruled in a Man's World

Early Female Saints and their Political Influence

Oct 25, 2025 • Holly A Brown

Saint or Schemer? The Problem with Bishop Wilfrid

This week I'm letting YOU decide the fate of this 7th-century character.

Oct 18, 2025 • Holly A Brown

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