There is something of the sea inherent in English identity. After all, the ocean makes up over 90% of England’s borders, it has long dictated external political and military policy, and defined […]
Chaucer and English Maritime Culture
Shame and Masculinity in Medieval Iceland – The Tale of Thorstein Staff-Struck
There was a man named Thórarin, who live in Sunnudalur; he was old and nearly blind. He had been a fierce viking in his youth, and in his old age he was […]
Cnut the Great, the Conquest of England, and the Puzzle of London
In 1016, the young Danish prince who was to become Cnut the Great, King of England, Denmark, and Norway, laid siege to the city of London as part of the campaign that […]
The Postgrad Chronicles 