A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Wilhelm I Conqueror, also known as “William the Bastard” (ca. 1028 -1087), was King of England and Duke of Normandy. William the Conqueror
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – One autumn morning in 1578, the watchmen who scanned the Pacific Ocean from the top of the fortifications of a major city and
MessageToEagle.com – Recently more than 30 Roman skeletons have been discovered during archaeological excavations at Pontefract town in West Yorkshire, England. Pontefrac is a historical town located on an
MessageToEagle.com – According to medieval tradition, there was a mysterious land – Lyonesse – that was outside the southwest of England. The legends of this sunken kingdom appear in
MessageToEagle.com – Clash among scientists! There is currently a heated debate in the scientific community. Archaeologists maintain geneticists have totally misunderstood the Viking occupation in England. Geneticists, on
MessageToEagle.com – On Tuesday February 10, 1355, the so-called St Scholastica Day Riot took place in Oxford, England. There are conflicting reports on what exactly happened in what is
MessageToEagle.com – On the night of 8/9 February 1855, a strange phenomenon – the so-called ‘Devil’s Footprints’- occurred around the Exe Estuary in East Devon and South Devon, England. The trails of hoof-like marks appeared
MessageToEagle.com – Historians are excited about the discovery of the only surviving piece of clothing worn by Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) who is considered by many to be the
MessageToEagle.com – With a population of over 10,000 people, the lost city of Trellech was once the largest settlement in medieval Wales. Archaeologists have tried to locate this ancient
A. Sutherland – MessageToEagle.com – “Can someone make sure I get rid of this troublesome priest?” These were the words the king of England, Henry II shouted out
MessageToEagle.com – On January 4, 871 AD, the Danes surprised the people of Wessex by arriving on horseback in a lightning raid that swiftly took the town of
MessageToEagle.com – Historical records reveal a number of truly bizarre forms of taxes people had to put up with. Taxation problems date back to earliest recorded history and as
MessageToEagle.com – In 1675, King Charles II of England issued a proclamation to end the legality of coffeehouses. He not only banned coffeehouses, but also forbade people from selling coffee,
MessageToEagle.com – On August 29, 1475, the Treaty of Picquigny was signed that ended a brief war between England and France. It was an important peace treaty that
MessageToEagle.com – On June 24, 1348, the terrible Black Death arrived in Britain. The Black Death, started in the Gobi Desert as a minor disease known as Yersinia Pestis.
MessageToEagle.com – On May 1, 1707, England and Scotland are united as the Kingdom of Great Britain. The Act of Union finally cemented what had been a growing interdependence
MessageToEagle.com – A six inch tall figurine dating from the first or second century, known as a ‘pseudo Venus’, was dug up by volunteer archaeologists in a garden in
MessageToEagle.com – On April 22, in 1509, Henry VIII took the crown as the ruler of all England. Henry VIII is best known for his six wives, whose fate
MessageToEagle.com – Anglo-Saxon burial site with about 150 graves of men, women and children along with jewelry, spears, knives and bone combs have been discovered at an army site,
MessageToEagle.com – The smallest medieval Arabic chess piece has been unearthed during an excavation in the back yard of the Wallingford Museum located in southeast England. At first it
A. Sutherland – MessageToEagle.com – Dunstanburgh Castle was once one of the largest and most imposing fortresses located over the Northumberland coastal line, in a remote headland and
MessageToEagle.com – Archaeologists have discovered a medieval whip used by monks to ward off Black Death found at Rufford Abbey, a 12th-century Cistercian abbey, in Rufford, Nottinghamshire, England. The medieval monastic
MessageToEagle.com – Stone of Destiny is more popularly known as the Stone of Scone. It is an enigmatic block of sandstone, which was used for centuries in the coronation
MessageToEagle.com – Very little is known about England’s oldest printed Bible. It was published 1535 by King Henry VIII’s printer. There are only seven surviving copies and one of
MessageToEagle.com – Although gigantic chalk figures or geoglyphs are something of a modern phenomenon, there are examples that this tradition has been going on for more than 3,000 years.
