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03 March 2025
Trouble in Northumbria
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In 947/948, the folk of Northumbria decided to oust Amlaib Cuarán, the Viking ruler who came from Dublin with his cousin, Olaf Guthfrithson,...
02 March 2025
Eric Bloodaxe
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I mentioned yesterday that the control of northern England passed in and out of Anglo-Saxon and Viking hands until finally the inhabitants ...
01 March 2025
Æthelstan's Reign, Part 3
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King Æthelstan (c.890s - 27 October 939) united England under a single ruler, prevented invasion, reformed the law, and donated to the Churc...
28 February 2025
Æthelstan's Reign, Part 2
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Like his grandfather Alfred the Great (and to a lesser extent his father, Edward the Elder), Æthelstan had close ties to the Church. He no...
27 February 2025
Æthelstan's Reign, Part 1
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Because of the Battle of Brunanburh , historians hale King Æthelstan as first of the true kings of the English in that the country was unite...
26 February 2025
The Battle of Brunanburh
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We saw yesterday how in 937 an alliance of former enemies came together to attack King Æthelstan, who had in the past proven superior in ba...
25 February 2025
Forging a United England
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Yesterday's post mentioned Saint Nectan appearing in a vision ages after his death to give advice about the Battle of Brunanburh. The t...
24 February 2025
Saint Nectan
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Yesterday's post on Saint Endellion alluded to her siblings also being saints. One of them, her brother Nectan (c.468 - 510), had a lif...
23 February 2025
Saint Endellion
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In 5th-century southern Wales we find the Kingdom of Brycheiniog (circled red on the map), ruled by King Brychan. Brychan had many children,...
22 February 2025
Prebends and Prebendaries
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How would you like to be given a stipend based on a job whose duties you would never have to perform? How about receiving the revenue from a...
21 February 2025
Collegiate Churches
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In a more detailed discussion of the " origin " of the Shroud of Turin yesterday I mentioned that the place where it was originall...
20 February 2025
Once More, the Shroud
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Geoffroi de Charny would probably be almost completely unknown to modern audiences but for this strange bit of trivia: he gave us the Shroud...
19 February 2025
Geoffroi de Charny at War
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Yesterday's post introduced Geoffroi de Charny , a third son with no prospects from his family who set out to make a name for himself. H...
18 February 2025
Geoffroi de Charny*
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Geoffroi de Charny (c.1306 - 19 September 1356) was an extremely accomplished and well-known French knight. He was a third son, which meant ...
17 February 2025
Following the Shroud
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I mentioned yesterday how Robert de Clari claimed, in his account of the Fourth Crusade, to be aware of, in the Church of St. Mary in Const...
16 February 2025
The Shroud of Turin?
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Robert de Clari, a knight from Picardy, was a member of the Fourth Crusade, and wrote an account [ link ] of what he saw. Although his knowl...
15 February 2025
Placing Blame
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Yesterday we looked at Geoffrey de Villehardouin's account of the Fourth Crusade and how he managed to obscure any culpability of his i...
14 February 2025
Geoffrey's Account
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Remember Geoffrey de Villehardouin ? He was one of the leaders of the Fourth Crusade who negotiated with Venice to get the Crusaders across ...
13 February 2025
Constantinople Under Siege
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We saw yesterday that hostility between Byzantines and the Fourth Crusade came to a head when the new(est) emperor, Alexios V, ejected all ...
12 February 2025
Regime Change in Constantinople
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We saw yesterday that very early in 1204 Isaac and Alexios were holed up in the Palace of Blachernae against the upset citizenry, who held ...
11 February 2025
Crusade versus Constantinople
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(It would be best to ready yesterday's post to understand where we are.) So the Fourth Crusade was now in Constantinople, waiting to ge...
10 February 2025
Going to Constantinople
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After attacking Zara at the request of the Doge of Venice, Enrico Dandolo , the members of the Fourth Crusade headed toward Constantinople....
09 February 2025
Attacking Zara
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As we saw in yesterday's post, Venice was able to coerce the members of the Fourth Crusade to winter over in Zara (a Dalmatian city now ...
08 February 2025
Controlling the Crusaders
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I wrote about Enrico Dandolo, the Doge of Venice, 10 years ago here , but let's look at the man who "imprisoned" the Fourth Cr...
07 February 2025
Geoffrey de Villehardouin
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The influence of Byzantine art and culture on Italy (especially in the 13th century) was discussed yesterday , and I referred obliquely to a...
06 February 2025
The Italo-Byzantine style
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Yesterday I introduced the Florentine artist Coppo di Marcovaldo (c. 1225 – c. 1276), who painted in the Italo-Byzantine style, which becam...
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