by Helen Kain | Mar 28, 2026 | Carousel Fascinating People, Fascinating People, Tudors (1485–1603)
Step into the grand library at Holkham Hall, and you’ll feel the weight of words. Towering shelves, polished wood, centuries of collected thought. It’s a fitting legacy for a man like Sir Edward Coke (1552–1634)—a legal titan whose pen did more damage to royal...
by Helen Kain | Mar 14, 2026 | Early Middle Ages (410-1066), Fascinating People, France
On the hill above the Seine, not far from the old Roman roads that once crossed the Left Bank, stood a monastery dedicated to Saint Genevieve. Nearby lay the small royal domain of a regional nobleman whose authority extended little farther than the lands surrounding...
by Helen Kain | Mar 14, 2026 | Early Middle Ages (410-1066), Fascinating People, France
On Christmas Day in the year 800, a Frankish king knelt in prayer inside the ancient basilica of St Peter in Rome. As he rose, Pope Leo III placed a crown upon his head and proclaimed him emperor. For the first time in more than three centuries, a ruler in Western...
by Helen Kain | Mar 14, 2026 | Early Middle Ages (410-1066), Fascinating People, France
In the early sixth century, a church stood on a hill overlooking the small city of Paris. Within it lay the tomb of a king whose decisions would reshape the future of Western Europe. His name was Clovis I, and during his lifetime the lands that had once been Roman...
by Helen Kain | Mar 14, 2026 | Early Middle Ages (410-1066), Fascinating People, France
On the hill above the Left Bank of Paris once stood a great abbey dedicated to a young woman who had never ruled a kingdom, commanded an army, or held official power. For centuries, however, the people of the city believed their survival had depended on her. Her name...
by Helen Kain | Mar 8, 2026 | Medieval (1066–1485)
The conflict known as the Wars of the Roses was not a single war but a long struggle for the English crown fought between rival branches of the royal family. The two houses were House of Lancaster and House of York. Both traced their ancestry to Edward III, and both...
