English Greats

Æthelfæd 'Warrior Lady of the Englisc Merci...

May 22 2010 11:09 AM | Harold Godwinsson in English Greats

Aethelflaed : "Lady of the Mercians"
AD 872 – AD 918

Æthelfæda daughter of Alfred The Great, King of Wessex, "The Warrior Lady of the Mercian Englisc.

There seems to have been on...
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The Mysterious Death of Red William

Nov 17 2009 05:35 PM | badger in English Greats

William Rufus, son of William the Conqueror, ruled England for 10 turbulent years. He was killed by one of his close friends in what many at the time claimed was a terrible accident. Others are not so sure.

William Rufus was not a bad k...
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Breakspear & Becket

Nov 15 2009 08:46 PM | badger in English Greats

The 4th of December 1154 AD

The only English Pope, Nicholas Breakspear, was pontiff between 1154 and 1159.

Nicholas was born in 1100 at Abbots Langley in Hertfordshire . Breakspear's father R...
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People, Places and Artifacts

Nov 10 2009 12:18 AM | badger in English Greats

Brixworth, Northants

All Saints Church is the largest surviving Saxon church in the country, probably dating from 675, and is one of the few churches to survive Danish vandalism. It is not possible to associa...
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The Leaders of the English Resistance

Oct 31 2009 01:31 PM | Harold Godwinsson in English Greats

HERO'S OF THE ENGLISH RESISTANCE

HEREWARD THE WAKE

There was a time when most Englishmen knew of Hereward the Wake (meaning 'Wary'), the Fenlands most fa...
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Some of Those who stand out, and Made England!

Oct 30 2009 08:28 PM | Harold Godwinsson in English Greats

A Biographical History of Those Who made their mark on England.

BIOGRAPHICAL GALLERY

PENDA – Last of the great pagan Kings Died. 654 AD

In 654 Oswy of Northumbria dedicated his infant ...
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