anglosaxons

  1. piratedude

    WI: Earlier Jewish Presence in England

    Inspired by @durante 's thread on no expulsion of the jews in 1290, What if there a Jewish community established before the Norman conquest? I suppose in the reign of Edward the Confessor would be the easiest way of doing it, but can it be done earlier than that even? By Athelred Unraed? How...
  2. Simone nel Pozzo

    What if the Normans focused on expanding their power base in France?

    If the French kingdom under Charles the Simple or one of his successors had collapsed or fallen to the Ottonian dynasty a few decades after the land grant to the Normans, and said Normans had stayed in the region to consolidate instead of departing on conquests to England, Italy and the Holy...
  3. kasumigenx

    Kingdom of Franks and Kingdom of Anglo Saxons
    Threadmarks: Kingdom of Franks and Kingdom of Anglo Saxons

    On 890, Edward the Elder of England would marry Ermentrude of France to have another marriage tie with West Francia, the marriage would result in two children, Aethelstan(893) and Edith(898), Ermentrude would die in 899 which would cause Edward the Elder to remarry to Aelflaed, his second wife...
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