In a world determined to sideline her, Empress Matilda tested the medieval world's understanding of who could rule.

The first monarch to rule over what would later become Great Britain was King Alfred the Great, who was crowned as the King of England in 871 A.D. There wouldn't be a British monarch per se until 1707 ...

In Westeros, Rhaenyra finds herself in a power struggle akin to that of the real-life Empress Matilda, who lived from 1102 to 1167. HBO In three decades of teaching medieval European history, I’ve ...

The short life of Queen Caroline Matilda had it all: a royal marriage, love affairs, court intrigue, masquerade balls, brutal exiles, and heinous executions. The British-born, Danish-crowned royal was ...

Oct. 24 (UPI) --In three decades of teaching medieval European history, I've noticed my students are especially curious about the intersection of the stories told in class and the depictions of the ...

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In three decades of teaching medieval European history, I’ve noticed my students are especially curious about the intersection of the stories told in class and the depictions of the Middle Ages they ...

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