Rachel Dinning

Oct 14, 2024 | historyextra.com | Rachel Dinning

This plan went down badly with Edward’s English subjects, especially the family of his queen, Edith. She was the daughter of the country’s most powerful earl, Godwine, and in the later 1050s her brothers – the Godwinesons – became the dominant force in English politics. During the same period a long-lost relative of Edward, a boy known as Edgar Ætheling, was located in Hungary and brought to England.

Aug 15, 2024 | historyextra.com | Rachel Dinning

Read more | Simon de Montfort and the barons’ crusade: why rebel lords waged holy war against Henry IIIWho was Simon de Montfort? And why is he known as the leader of the first English revolution? Sophie Thérèse Ambler explains…Simon de Montfort was the Earl of Leicester and the first leader of a political movement in English history that sought to overthrow the monarchy in favour of a different system of government.

May 2, 2024 | historyextra.com | Rachel Dinning

On the podcast | The Neanderthals: everything you wanted to knowIn terms of when they existed, there’s evidence of proto-Neanderthals emerging 400,000 years ago. “But they only become clearly visible in fossil and archaeological terms around 350,000 years ago,” explains Wragg Sykes. “They appear to disappear from the archaeological record around 40,000 years ago – except their genes did continue, and they’re present in billions of people today.”And why are they so significant?

Apr 29, 2024 | historyextra.com | Rachel Dinning

Trutz quickly became a figurehead of her local organization, in part because of her Germanic blonde hair and blue eyes. ‘I was pointed out as the perfect example of the Nordic woman,’ she said, ‘for besides my long legs and my long trunk, I had the broad hips and pelvis built for child-bearing.’In 1936, when she was eighteen, Trutz finished her schooling and was at a loss as to what to do next. She chatted with a BDM leader who made a suggestion that was to change Trutz’s life for ever.

Jan 11, 2024 | historyextra.com | Rachel Dinning

You might also be interested in | Oskar Schindler: your guide to his life and legacyBorn in 1909 to German Jewish parents, Winton grew up in north London, where his family suffered ostracism because of their Jewish heritage. They lived there in an enormous 20-roomed house that was managed by four members of staff including a cook and a nanny. “We weren’t, by any means, rich... our class was, I suppose, moderately middle class,” Winton later reflected.