While her name is a mouthful, and quite a convoluted one at that, Æthelflæd of Mercia's role in early medieval England is rather straightforward. More importantly, the part she played in the conquest ...

The First King of England: Æthelstan and the Birth of a Kingdom by David Woodman looks beyond the empty tomb to find perhaps the most consequential monarch of the Anglo-Saxon age. Tucked into a corner ...

Æthelflæd, daughter of Alfred the Great, ruled Mercia in the early 10th century, defending it from Viking invasion and forging alliances that shaped England’s future. Chaos Erupts After Gunfire Close ...

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According to the Norse sagas, Ragnar met his end in a pit of snakes, thrown into the venomous depths by King Ælla of Northumbria. Now his sons wanted revenge. When the Great Heathen Army landed in ...

From a royal daughter who melded military muscle and delicate diplomacy to a bearded PR princess (who later got cancelled), these are history’s top women power players. Even today, it’s not easy – and ...