The History of England Magazine
Every month we present new feature articles relating to the history of this green and pleasant land. From ancient battlefields to famous people, hangings to national celebrations, we’ve got something to interest everyone.
You may also be interested in our History of Britain section covering the period from the Act of Union during Queen Anne‘s reign to the modern day.
Evil May Day 1517
The violence of the Evil May Day Riot of 1517 is a notable flashpoint in a wider story of the fragile social condition where frivolity had turned to anger and celebration to anarchy. This May Day was a day that would be embedded in historical memory and…
Lady Jane Grey
Poor young Lady Jane Grey is famous for having the shortest reign in England’s history… just nine days. Unfortunately for Lady Jane, her advisors were grossly incompetent, and her father was partly responsible for her untimely execution as he was…
Hereward The Wake
Hereward the Wake, Anglo-Saxon rebel and guerrilla leader, fought against William the Conqueror in the Fenlands of East Anglia. His heroic resistance against the Normans has passed into legend…
The Forgotten Invasion of England 1216
In 1216 Prince Louis of France sailed with a force of men to England, invited by rebellious barons to oust King John and take the throne of England. Prince Louis may well have succeeded had he not faced the greatest knight in the land… one William Marshal…
King Egbert
Egbert (Ecgherht) was the first monarch to establish a stable and extensive rule over all of Anglo-Saxon England. In the latter years of his reign however, the arrival of the Vikings was about to turn England and its kingdoms upside down…
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Originally compiled on the orders of King Alfred the Great and added to by generations of anonymous authors, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle narrates the history of England from the Anglo Saxons as far as the Anarchy…..
Coffin Break – The Dramatic Afterlife of Katharine Parr
Katherine Parr, sixth wife of King Henry VIII, died on 5 September 1548. But what happened to her body after her death?
King Eadred
On 26th May 946, King Edmund I was murdered in a brawl in Gloucestershire, leaving his younger brother Eadred to succeed to the throne and continue defending it against Viking attack…
Edgar The Peaceful
The reign of Edgar the Peaceful was a rare period of peace and stability in Anglo-Saxon England. Not long after his cornonation, King Edgar’s council at Chester took place, involving his royal barge being rowed on the River Dee at Chester… it is believed that alongside him were six to eight sub-kings from across the British Isles.
