But how long ago was the British monarchy established? Which ruler can rightfully call themselves the first King of England? You might assume that this would be an easy question to answer ...
It is part of a series of events across the summer to celebrate 1,100 years since Athelstan became the first King of England. Councillor Campbell Ritchie, head of the project's organising ...
Edward the First of England was used to getting his own way ... he smashed up Scotland. Edward was a King who had fought wars all his life – he had just conquered Wales - but he didn’t ...
Alfred's grandson, Athelstan, pushed English power north as far as Scotland and was the first king to claim to be ‘King of all England’. One story tells how King Cnut stood on the shore and ...
First published in 1925, A. J. Robertson compiled this collection of English laws ... The quality of the scholarship in this volume will assure its continued usefulness to students of the laws of late ...