Anglo-Saxon Archives - Aspects of History

Nicholas Higham on How England Began

During a wide-ranging conversation, the historian contemplates his new study of Late Roman Britain and early Anglo-Saxon England and recent evidence and perspectives found in the period that sits uneasily between the two.

Paul Bernardi

First of all, Nicholas, congratulations on the publication of this endlessly fascinating and absorbing work. In the introduction, you describe the book as a fresh look at the subject rather than a rehash of your earlier work, Rome, Britain and the Anglo-Saxons, some...

The Harrying of the North

As the final volume in the Rebellion series is released, Paul Bernardi explores the devastation inflicted on northern England and the enduring debate it triggers.

Paul Bernardi

Some historians have labelled it a ‘genocide’, whereas other have suggested that what King William I did in the north of England, in the winter of 1069/70, was not out of character with the standards of the time. But, whilst we should always try to avoid projecting...

Paul Bernardi on The Reckoning

The author discusses The Reckoning, the third and final volume in his Rebellion series, as resistance is met with Norman brutality.

Paul Bernardi

So, Paul, The Reckoning is the third and final book in the Rebellion trilogy. Bring us up to date with where Thegn Oslac of Acum is now. Yes, it seems a long time since I started the first book, but we’re finally into the home straight now. After the failure of the...

Harold Godwinson – The Greatest King We Never Had?

What would the consequences have been for England, Europe, and beyond if the Battle of Senlac Hill had ended in Harold’s victory?

Richard Cullen

Harold Godwinson – The Greatest King We Never Had? My debut historical adventure series, The Wolf of Kings, focuses on the rebellions that took place post-Norman Invasion. Since these uprisings occurred after 1066, King Harold Godwinson doesn’t feature that...

War: Sense and Nonsense

Menewood reexamines Bede’s history, highlighting Hild’s intelligence, leadership, and role during a time of war and political upheaval.

Nicola Griffith

War: Sense and Nonsense Menewood is the second novel about Hild, known today as St Hilda, Abbess of Whitby. Almost everything we know of her comes from a single document, the Ecclesiastical History of the English People (HE), written fifty years after her death by...