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2026

An Unusual Adoption in 8th-Century Lombardyoriginal ↗
22 Sept 2026
Whose Side Does Boniface Choose after Charles Martel’s Death?original ↗
25 Aug 2026
Charles Martel’s failing health rattles Archbishop Bonifaceoriginal ↗
28 Jul 2026
A Church Called Saint Discordoriginal ↗
23 Jun 2026
Charles Martel’s Complicated Birth Familyoriginal ↗
26 May 2026
Medieval Name Game: Reading Between the Linesoriginal ↗
28 Apr 2026
Is It Better to Be a Medieval Abbess or Countess?original ↗
24 Mar 2026
An Unlikely Romance: King Pippin and Queen Bertradaoriginal ↗
10 Feb 2026
Bishop Gewilib: A Bloody Vengeance for His Fatheroriginal ↗
13 Jan 2026

2025

Childeric III, the Last Merovingian Kingoriginal ↗
9 Dec 2025
Ruling in the Name of a Dead Kingoriginal ↗
10 Nov 2025
Why Merovingians claimed a sea monster as ancestororiginal ↗
14 Oct 2025
Horse Heredity in the Dark Agesoriginal ↗
16 Sept 2025
‘Duchess of the New Dawn’ launches June 16, 2026 – preorder noworiginal ↗
12 Aug 2025
When Las Vegas Was Youngoriginal ↗
7 Jul 2025
A Profession of Contacting the Deadoriginal ↗
17 Jun 2025
It’s Publication Day for ‘Madame Noir’original ↗
19 May 2025
The To-Do List to Publish a Short Storyoriginal ↗
13 Apr 2025

2021

Beowulf: Is the Oldest English Epic Historical Fiction?original ↗
15 Apr 2021
Queen Cuthburga: Sinner or Saint?original ↗
20 Jan 2021

2020

Thanksgiving Dinner for 142original ↗
18 Nov 2020
Sheepskin Cloaks: The Most Practical Medieval Fashionoriginal ↗
14 Oct 2020
Did the Pagans Kill the Saints to Save Their Community?original ↗
9 Sept 2020
An American Horror Story: Andersonville Prisonoriginal ↗
19 Aug 2020
Dark Ages Slavery and the Battle for Soulsoriginal ↗
17 Jun 2020
Who’s Guilty? In Medieval Times, God Knows.original ↗
20 May 2020
Grendel: Pagan or Christian?original ↗
15 Apr 2020
Medieval Misconception: All Women Were Chatteloriginal ↗
18 Mar 2020
Saint Lebwin: A Reluctant Dark Ages Missionary Who Found Courageoriginal ↗
19 Feb 2020
Human Sacrifice: A Call for Divine Help in a Crisisoriginal ↗
22 Jan 2020
The Story of the Story: How ‘A Thing Done’ Came to Beoriginal ↗
8 Jan 2020

2019

Hail Mary Over the Centuriesoriginal ↗
18 Dec 2019
Rosary Beads: Steeped in Devotion and Legendoriginal ↗
20 Nov 2019
Dark Ages Tragedy: The Baby in the Riveroriginal ↗
23 Oct 2019
Cats in the Days of King Arthuroriginal ↗
2 Oct 2019
Writing about Saints—the Holy and the Humanoriginal ↗
12 Sept 2019
Saint George in Dark Ages Britainoriginal ↗
21 Aug 2019
Character Interview: The Heroine of ‘The Cross and the Dragon’original ↗
23 Jul 2019
Queen Eadburh: Maligned but Not Murderousoriginal ↗
19 Jun 2019
Charlemagne and Offa, Their Kids’ Failed Betrothals, and Tradeoriginal ↗
22 May 2019
Poetic Intellect in the Dark Agesoriginal ↗
25 Apr 2019
Osulf: the Prince’s Friend or Lover?original ↗
27 Mar 2019
Did Charlemagne Pray for a Daughter?original ↗
28 Feb 2019
Why Alcuin Joined Charlemagne’s Courtoriginal ↗
6 Feb 2019
A Tough Choice for Bonifaceoriginal ↗
23 Jan 2019
Portable Reliquaries: Bringing the Medieval Pilgrimage Homeoriginal ↗
3 Jan 2019

2018

Beyond Baby-Making: The Role of Carolingian Queensoriginal ↗
19 Dec 2018
Rebuilding Paderborn: Charlemagne’s Political Statementoriginal ↗
14 Nov 2018
No One Would Believe an Oath Stops Murderersoriginal ↗
17 Oct 2018
It’s Not Me; It’s My Characters: Disabilitiesoriginal ↗
10 Oct 2018
Was Pepin the Hunchback Really Hunchbacked?original ↗
3 Oct 2018
The Princess and Emperor’s Breakuporiginal ↗
19 Sept 2018
Himiltrude: Charlemagne’s First Ex-Wifeoriginal ↗
12 Sept 2018
Did Charlemagne Worry about Too Many Heirs?original ↗
6 Sept 2018
Portable Reliquaries: Many Saints in One Small Spaceoriginal ↗
28 Aug 2018
Two Queens. Two Epitaphs. Lots of Speculations.original ↗
22 Aug 2018
Who Was the Real Queen Fastrada?original ↗
15 Aug 2018
Launch Day for ‘Queen of the Darkest Hour’original ↗
7 Aug 2018
Alcuin: the Palace Schoolmaster in Charlemagne’s Courtoriginal ↗
25 Jul 2018
What Does the Medieval Night Sky Tell Us about God?original ↗
11 Jul 2018
The Prince and the Courtier, a Medieval Mysteryoriginal ↗
27 Jun 2018
Intellectuals: The Start of the Carolingian Renaissanceoriginal ↗
13 Jun 2018
Queen Hildegard: Short but Influential Lifeoriginal ↗
30 May 2018
Grand Plantations Inspire Novels’ Settingoriginal ↗
23 May 2018
A Timeless Tactic: Trash Your Political Rivaloriginal ↗
16 May 2018
Are We There Yet? Travel Times in the Dark Ages.original ↗
2 May 2018
Elen of the Hosts: What’s Fact? What’s Fiction?original ↗
19 Apr 2018
The Legendary Siegfriedoriginal ↗
5 Apr 2018
Why was Abbess Cwenthryth Defamed?original ↗
21 Mar 2018
Why Was Queen Ælfflæd a Bride Worth Killing Over?original ↗
21 Feb 2018
Curses and Cures: Where Christian and Pagan Beliefs Intersectoriginal ↗
7 Feb 2018
Abbess Ælfflæd Might Have Been the Lucky Oneoriginal ↗
17 Jan 2018
Help Wanted: Blurbs for ‘Queen of the Darkest Hour’original ↗
10 Jan 2018
Five Fascinating Facts about Charlemagne’s Franciaoriginal ↗
3 Jan 2018

2017

The Frankish Warrior’s Version of Play with a Purposeoriginal ↗
20 Dec 2017
Coppices: Materials for Home and Heat in the Dark Agesoriginal ↗
14 Dec 2017
Dinas Powys Hillfort: A Dark Ages Trading Centeroriginal ↗
6 Dec 2017
Roman Invaders’ Exit Shakes the British Economyoriginal ↗
29 Nov 2017
Cats: Who Domesticated Whom?original ↗
20 Nov 2017
Celtic Cosmetics in the Dark Agesoriginal ↗
9 Nov 2017
Samhain: The Start of a New Yearoriginal ↗
31 Oct 2017
Sin and Grace: The Debate Goes Back a Long, Long Wayoriginal ↗
26 Oct 2017
A Delightful Curse on a Lead Scrolloriginal ↗
18 Oct 2017
Announcing: ‘Betrothed to the Red Dragon’original ↗
11 Oct 2017
Tiff over Tonsuresoriginal ↗
4 Oct 2017
Germanus is OK with the Forced Tonsure?original ↗
20 Sept 2017
Did I Get Age 50 Right?original ↗
6 Sept 2017
Hedging Religious Betsoriginal ↗
23 Aug 2017
Saint Boniface: A Man on a Missionoriginal ↗
17 Aug 2017
Plants and Their Properties: Three Poisonsoriginal ↗
9 Aug 2017
Travails of Travel: A Day in the Life of a Medieval Pilgrimoriginal ↗
26 Jul 2017
That Short Story about Guinevere Needs More Workoriginal ↗
12 Jul 2017
A Vast Forest That Vanishedoriginal ↗
6 Jul 2017
Hessians: Reluctant Soldiersoriginal ↗
29 Jun 2017
The Fight over Who Gets the Martyr’s Relicsoriginal ↗
14 Jun 2017
Real-Life Ship and Plantation Inspire Pirate Trilogyoriginal ↗
7 Jun 2017
A Medieval Pharm in a Garden Patchoriginal ↗
24 May 2017
Solved: the Origin of Images of a Lombard Kingoriginal ↗
17 May 2017
Re-creating St. Riquier before the Famous Abbotoriginal ↗
3 May 2017
A Visit That Changed a Life and Led to Sainthoodoriginal ↗
26 Apr 2017
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