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Relighting the Fire of the First Crusade: Warriors, Priests, and the Holy Lance of Antioch

By ThePostgradChronicles on September 4, 2017 • ( 2 Comments )

From its emphatic beginnings at Clermont in 1095, to its ultimately dramatic and triumphant conclusion at Jerusalem in 1099, the First Crusade was an arduous journey of devotion, determination, survival, and some […]

Kingship in the Viking Age – Icelandic Sagas, English Kingship, & Warrior Poets

By ThePostgradChronicles on August 24, 2017 • ( 16 Comments )

The Germanic king or lord as the dispenser of treasure, the ‘giver of rings,’ is a familiar image. The reason it is familiar is that it permeates that famous epic poem, Beowulf. […]

Crusaders on the Baltic Shore – The Livonian & Estonian Crusades (c. 1198 – 1290)

By ThePostgradChronicles on August 3, 2017 • ( 5 Comments )

The Eastern Baltic was unlike any other region where Rome sanctioned Crusade. The Northern Crusades cannot be cast as either a purely political expansion of territorial borders, or a purely religious expansion […]

Sweyn Forkbeard, Olaf Tryggvason, and the Kingship of Norway

By ThePostgradChronicles on July 16, 2017 • ( 9 Comments )

Dressed in armour, watching his fleet fall to his Danish rival, King Olaf I Tryggvason of Norway threw himself into the sea, sinking to his death and denying his enemies the pleasure […]

Crusaders on the Baltic Shore – The Wendish Crusade (1147 – c.1185)

By ThePostgradChronicles on July 9, 2017 • ( 6 Comments )

In 1147 Pope Eugenius III declared a crusade against the pagans of the Eastern Baltic, the first papal call to holy war not explicitly aimed at reclaiming Christian territories from Muslim rule. […]

The Walls of Carcassonne: Power and Wealth in Defensive Architecture

By ThePostgradChronicles on July 1, 2017 • ( 7 Comments )

Throughout the medieval world it wasn’t exactly difficult to work out who the powerful and wealthy members of society were, you just had to look for the biggest buildings. Medieval fortifications were, […]

Shrouded in Rumour – The Lost Childhood of King Æthelstan

By ThePostgradChronicles on June 10, 2017 • ( 11 Comments )

It is frequently claimed that the Anglo-Saxon King Æthelstan was the illegitimate son of King Edward the Elder and an unnamed concubine (or even a shepherdess). This persistent rumour has become a […]

Wicked Queens and Martyred Kings – the 794 Beheading of S. Æthelberht of East Anglia

By ThePostgradChronicles on June 5, 2017 • ( 5 Comments )

Murdered (or executed) by Offa of Mercia in 794, the passio of King Æthelberht of East Anglia is an obscure tale that has so many twists and turns in its narrative transmission […]

Saladin and the Lionheart: A call to Jihad and the Siege of Acre

By ThePostgradChronicles on May 21, 2017 • ( 8 Comments )

The history of medieval times is overflowing with epic tales of skirmishes, battles, and sieges; one could say, medieval history is simply rampant with violence. The seemingly obvious response to this for […]

Update: Bibliographies

By ThePostgradChronicles on May 14, 2017 • ( 1 Comment )

When we came up with the idea for the Postgrad Chronicles, one of our aims was to compile resources for other students of medieval history. To that end, we have been working […]

Danish Invasion, Viking Violence, and Cnut’s Mutilation of Hostages at Sandwich

By ThePostgradChronicles on May 5, 2017 • ( 9 Comments )

By 1028, Cnut the Great had brought England, Denmark, and Norway into a vast North Sea hegemony under his kingship. It was an unrivalled achievement that granted Cnut the political clout to […]

Easter in Athelney – King Alfred and the Great Viking Army

By ThePostgradChronicles on April 16, 2017 • ( 11 Comments )

As Alfred (r. 871 – 899) led the remnants of his gathered followers into the Somerset fens in 878, it was unlikely that the celebration of the death and resurrection of Christ […]

King Eadwig, St Dunstan, and the Ménage à Trois – Propaganda in the Early English Court

By ThePostgradChronicles on April 3, 2017 • ( 10 Comments )

King Eadwig inherited the throne of Wessex in 955 at age fourteen. Like any fourteen year-old given unlimited power, he proceeded to live it up. In four short years on the throne […]

Wicked Queens and Martyred Kings – the 819 Murder of S. Kenelm of Mercia

By ThePostgradChronicles on March 27, 2017 • ( 6 Comments )

Killed by his sister Cwoenthryth in 819, King Kenelm of Mercia – a lad of a mere seven years – spent less than a year on his throne before meeting a martyr’s […]

Edward I’s Welsh Castles: A Conquest Set in Stone

By ThePostgradChronicles on March 19, 2017 • ( 3 Comments )

Any journey to Europe to visit medieval castles is incomplete without a trip to the Welsh countryside to appreciate arguably the most impressive ring of fortifications from the middle ages. Edward’s imposing […]

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