I wrote the history of the old English town of Bury St Edmunds
A blog about history and true crime. Historical trivia and stories about true crime.
Sunday, 31 December 2023
Comfortable Corsets
It's a myth that corsets were torture instruments that made it difficult to breathe and caused you to faint.
Saturday, 30 December 2023
Women in Anglo-Saxon England
In Anglo-Saxon England, women had considerable rights and freedom (unless they were slaves! Both men and women were slaves). Married women could own and inherit property. Some women were landowners. If a man married a woman he had to give her either money or land. After they married it was her property to what she liked. She could sell it or leave it in her will to anyone she wished.
Friday, 29 December 2023
Bristol
I wrote a short history of the great British city of Bristol. It began as a Saxon settlement and in the Middle Ages it became one of England's largest towns.
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