The extreme severity of the Forest Laws was chiefly enforced to prevent the assemblage of Saxons in those vast wooded spaces.Continuing Domesday
Domesday Book Completed
This series has five easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: The Classes of Feudal England.IntroductionWhen William the Conqueror
Vikings Appears in England
Today's installment concludes Egbert Becomes King of the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy,our selection from The History of England by David Hume published in
Saxons of England and Christianity
They received that religion through the corrupted channels of Rome. They received it with it a great mixture of credulity and superstitionContinuing
Egbert Becomes King of the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy
This series has three easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Student of Charlemaagne.IntroductionThe departure of the Romans from
Panama City Sacked
Today's installment concludes Buccaneers Sack Panama,our selection from History of the Pirates by Johann W. Von Archenholz published in 1803. For
Battle of Panama City
The Governor immediately ordered the cavalry to charge the enemy, and the wild bulls to be at the same time let loose upon them.Continuing
Morgan’s Buccaneers Reaches Pacific Coast
At this sight, which announced the speedy termination of their miseries, they were transported with joy.Continuing Buccaneers Sack Panama,our
Morgan’s Buccaneers Get Desperate
On the following day the freebooters made still less progress; want of food had totally exhausted them, and they were frequently obliged to