Entry taken from the book From Covadonga to Tamarón . On December 20, 910, one of the most important kings of the medieval peninsular kingdoms died:Alfonso III the Great. His rise to the throne was not easy. When the King of Asturias Ordoño I died, his eldest son, Alfonso, was eighteen years old a
This article about the Vikings in England is an excerpt from my book Endstation Brexit. The British Isles have been accustomed to outside incursions from the earliest times. The Romans settled there for a few centuries and as soon as they left, the Anglo-Saxons arrived. With that, England should h
September is a special time in Bavaria. From the first days of spring at the latest, people here are usually already talking about this “festival” and when it will finally come. I didnt get it at first, and this obsession always struck me as odd. In the meantime Ive been living here for more than fo
Queen Elizabeth played a major role in the history of England as well as the history of the world. Today, more than a billion people around the world speak English and function as the de facto official language in academia, medicine and the Internet, but without the presence of Queen Elizabeth, th