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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 only one woman, or well known woman in our recorded history...
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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 king – at lea...
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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 Robert was a clerk who later became a monk at St Alba...
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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 associate the church with a Mercian king with a...
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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 famous hero, sadly not so nowadays, this is the reason behind not only this articl...
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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 daughter to God "In perpetual virginity", in thanksgivin...
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