A new biography of Æthelstan marks 1,100 years since his coronation in 925AD, reasserts his right to be called the first king of England, explains why he isn't better known and highlights his many ...
Six hundred years before Britain voted for independence from Europe, the Sceptered Isle came the closest it ever has to attaching all of France to its realm. The historian Dan Jones’s “Henry V” argues ...
Alfred the Great? William The Conquer? King Arthur??? Just a few contenders for the title of First King of England - but of ...
On The First King of England: Æthelstan and the Birth of a Kingdom, by David Woodman. England is old. The history of its foundation remains shrouded in mystery and the allure of myth. Undeniably the ...
The Bayeux Tapestry famously depicts the events leading up to the 1066 Norman Conquest of England, in which William the Conqueror defeated Harold II, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, at the ...