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How Kings' Tombs Became Dragons' Lairs
The remarkable transformation of England's ancient burial mounds
Jul 11
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Holly A Brown
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The Surprising Truth About Early Medieval Misogyny
A gentle invitation to consider complexity over certainty
Jun 13
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Hwæt! Women, Mead Halls, and Soft Power
Navigating masculine, early medieval political networks as a woman
Jun 6
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Queens as Jezebels
How the trope of the wicked queen crept into early medieval literature
May 23
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The Fragile Myth of the High King
What was a 'bretwalda', really?
Mar 24
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A Palimpsest of Royal Mythmaking
Yeavering 'Great Hall Complex'
Feb 21
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Love in an Era Overshadowed by Kings and Battles
A Poetic Valentine's Special
Feb 14
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Did Arthur Actually Exist?
And why I don't think this is the right question to be asking...
Jan 31
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What Made a 'Dark Age' King?
It's more complex than Netflix would have us believe...
Jan 24
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Was Britain Really Invaded by the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes?
The Truth About Origin Stories
Jan 17
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Where Did 'Dark Age' Kings Come From?
The Origins of Power in Post-Roman Britain
Jan 10
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The First Dark Age Christmas
A Miraculous Mass-Baptism
Dec 27, 2025
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