18 March
978 – Assassination of Edward the Martyr.
978 – Coronation of Aethelred the Unready.
All posts tagged: England
17 March
1040 – Death of Harald Harefoot.
Harald Hardrada
The Norwegian king who try to include Denmark and England into his realm.
Another dig at The Dig
So much being said and written about The Dig! Amazing. Is this hyping for the sake of hyping when news is slow? I like the following pieces: Bede, The Dig and Sutton Hoo (BL blog), Inside The Dig (BM blog), and the four blog posts professor Howard Williams has already devoted to the movie.
23 January
1002 – Death of Otto III.
1045 – Marriage of Edward the Confessor and Edith of Wessex.
22 January
22 January 871 – Battle of Basing
