The History of England Magazine
Every month we present new feature articles relating to the history of this green and pleasant land. From ancient battlefields to famous people, hangings to national celebrations, we’ve got something to interest everyone.
You may also be interested in our History of Britain section covering the period from the Act of Union during Queen Anne‘s reign to the modern day.

Coffin Break – The Dramatic Afterlife of Katharine Parr
Katherine Parr, sixth wife of King Henry VIII, died on 5 September 1548. But what happened to her body after her death?

King Eadred
On 26th May 946, King Edmund I was murdered in a brawl in Gloucestershire, leaving his younger brother Eadred to succeed to the throne and continue defending it against Viking attack…

Edgar The Peaceful
The reign of Edgar the Peaceful was a rare period of peace and stability in Anglo-Saxon England. Not long after his cornonation, King Edgar’s council at Chester took place, involving his royal barge being rowed on the River Dee at Chester… it is believed that alongside him were six to eight sub-kings from across the British Isles.

Edmund Ironside
Edmund II, king of the English in 1016, is perhaps better known as “Ironside” for his heroic resistance to a massive invasion led by the Danish king Cnut…

The Saxon Shore Forts
Originally built to control shipping and trade, and later to protect Roman Britain from seaborne invasion by marauding Saxon raiders from across the North Sea, the so-called Saxon Shore Forts were constructed during the 3rd century AD. Take a flight with Historic UK and explore how one of these forts looks today…

King Eadwig
Eadwig succeeded his uncle King Eadred to the throne in 955 at the age of 15. Considered exceptionally handsome, Eadwig quickly gained a reputation for womanising… Upon noticing his absence, Dunstan went looking for the king only to find him in the company of a mother and daughter…

The Pilgrimage of Grace
You may not have heard of it, but The Pilgrimage of Grace was the single largest rebellion in Tudor history and took place in the North of England between October 1536 and January 1537. The common folk were demonstrating primarily against the dissolution of the monasteries and the Reformation, brought about because of King Henry VIII’s ‘great matter’ (his divorce from Catherine of Aragon) and the subsequent break with Rome…

King Aethelred The Unready
Known as the Un-raed, ‘redeless’ or ‘Unready’ (meaning ‘no counsel’, or that he was unwise), the reign of King Aethelred II was one of conflict with repeated Viking raids…

King Cnut The Great
During his reign as King of England, as well as Denmark and Norway, Cnut had succeeded in the mission which his father had endeavoured to achieve, to rule over a vast North Sea Empire, united by his governance. The fable about King Cnut trying to command the tide of the sea remains entrenched in English folklore today…