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Wednesday, August 24, 2016

The Tombs of Henry VIII's Queens: Part One

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by Linda Fetterly Root Katharine [i] of Aragon (1485-1536): On the morning of her death, Henry VIII’s discarded wife dictated t...
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Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Dress, Music and Fighting: 11th-century life through the eyes of an Anglo-Saxon artist (Part I - Dress)

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by Christopher Monk How should we imagine life back in early medieval England (pre-1066)?  What did people look like?  What did they beli...
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Monday, August 22, 2016

Giveaway - the Lady of the Highway by Deborah Swift

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Deborah Swift is giving away a copy of The Lady of the Highway: England 1651  The English Civil War is over, but the wounds of the co...
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Coat of Arms Tell a Story

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by Samantha Wilcoxson The medieval coat of arms was a source of pride for its owner, not only identifying them with its unique design bu...
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Sunday, August 21, 2016

Editors' Weekly Round-up August 21st

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by the EHFA Editors Enjoy this week's wrap up of posts on the blog: Little Domesday - Norfolk by Annie Whitehead Bed an...
Saturday, August 20, 2016

War Crime or a Strategic Military Decision? The massacre at Acre, August 20, 1191

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by Charlene Newcomb Surely one of the saddest, most horrible, and notorious events of the Third Crusade occurred on August 20, 1191. ...
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Friday, August 19, 2016

Anglesey: The Tudors' Mystical Island

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by Nancy Bilyeau View from a cliff on Anglesey Island [wikimedia commons, photo by Eric Jones] After the army of  Henry Tudor, earl...
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Thursday, August 18, 2016

Saint Wilgils: A Conversion That Goes Beyond Serious

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By Kim Rendfeld Saint Wilgils probably was born a pagan, but once he converted to Christianity, the faith dictated his life. Wilgils, a...
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