The good, the bad and the downright ugly of Medieval History
But first... I just wanted to say hello, really. I know it has been quite a long time since my last post here on my blog (a whole eight months in fact!) about White Castle and my ranking of the Three Castles (which was done in a thoroughly academic fashion I remind you all). But … Continue reading Henry I and the Protection of Normandy, 1106-1135
I hope everyone is staying home (and more importantly, safe) during these unique times, shall we say. But given that quite a few people are stuck around with not a lot to do, that maybe I could help distract some of you every now and then with a cheeky post here and there! Location Buildwas … Continue reading Buildwas Abbey, Shropshire
The twenty-two-year period that this post looks at were, I think it safe to say, not only years of extreme difficulty and hardship for William and Normandy, but perhaps years that while we cannot say for certain they shaped him completely, they must have helped forge him into the Conqueror of popular imagination: a hard … Continue reading The Survival of Duke William II in Normandy: 1035-57
‘This Hrolf was so big that no horse could carry him, which is why he was given the name Göngu-Hrolf. The earls of Rouen and the kings of England are descended from him.’ Orkneyinga Saga So in my last post (How do you solve a problem like Rollo?) I wrote a few very brief introductions to … Continue reading Rollo, first Count of Rouen: A saga of sorts
For this post I thought I would do something a little different: examine just a few of the issues surrounding three of the sources you will come across if you do any amount of digging into the Norman past, and why despite the prolific amount written about him, we can say nearly nothing about Rollo … Continue reading How do you solve a problem like Rollo?
Josue Wigornensis 