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The Godwinsons II – Sweyn the Pirate

Sweyn was not like the other Godwinsons. He was a black sheep, the odd one out. He was a wannabe viking, and the path down which this led him is a tragic tale of honour, betrayal and dismay

The Godwinsons I – An Origin Story

One of the most powerful names of the 11th Century, Godwin, Earl of Wessex, is a figure who remains shrouded in mystery. He came from a relatively bleak background, and played the political game to such a legendary extent that he won the greatest Earldom in England, and became the right hand man to not just one, but four kings.

The Great Heathens

The Great Heathen Army was so much more than an invasion. For a conquest unparalleled by any others bar the Norman Invasion and the Great Migration, the Great Heathens are comparably forgotten to history.

Cnut’s New Men

These men under King Cnut all have their own stories and each is incredibly fascinating. I intend to write more about them individually as time goes on, but this is an introduction to who I consider the most amazing figures in all of history.

Alfred Aetheling – A Most Gruesome Murder

“so the Normans were captured and bound, and when they were sitting in ranks at Guildford, nine out of every ten were beheaded, and only the one tenth survived. But when they had all been killed , except one out of every ten, it seemed to the English that there were too many survivors, and they had the tenth decimated, and so only a very few escaped.”

Carrhae – Rome’s Shame

Crassus, Rome’s political spider, had spent his career building a web of networks at the heart of Roman politics. Naturally, when Crassus went to Syria, he went their looking for a fight.

First Triumvirate – A Roman Deathly Hallows

The First Triumvirate of the Roman Republic constituted of Julius Caesar, Gnaus Pompey and Marcus Crassus and is one of the most famous, and peculiar political alliances in history.