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If Eadburh , wife of Beorhtric of Wessex, was as vindictive as history reports—exiling and executing enemies—what was the catalyst for that ...

First, let me say that there was more than one Eadburh. Eadburh was the name of King Alfred the Great's mother-in-law (Alfred's wife...

Most of what we know about King Alfred the Great comes from a single manuscript copy from the Cotton Library , Vita Ælfredi regis Angul Sax...

Nithard, as Abbot of St. Riquier Charlemagne, looking around for suitable political marriages, chose a likely source of a bride for his ...