My name is Meg.

I grew up in south Louisiana and now live in southeast Virginia. I fell in love with medieval England after picking up Dan Jones’s The Plantagenets, and I’ve been reading and researching Anglo-Saxon and English medieval kings, church politics, and early English Christianity ever since.

I earned my bachelor’s degree in history from Arizona State University with a minor in anthropology. Most of my formal work was focused on Colonial, Revolutionary, and Civil War American history, with some study of Mesoamerican anthropology. I am currently working on a second BA in Bible & Theology.

Since finishing my history degree, I’ve spent most of my time reading, researching, and writing about England from the earliest Anglo-Saxon kingdoms through the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. I also write about how Christianity took hold in England during that period and how church leaders, kings, and ordinary people shaped power, belief, and daily life.

I first found that I really loved the spread of Christianity in Anglo-Saxon England after listening to The British History Podcast episodes on Wilfrid and the Synod of Whitby. My favorite books include Dan Jones’s The Plantagenets and Summer of Blood, The White Ship by Charles Spencer, and The Norman Conquest by Marc Morris. I usually post about things that happened on that day or week in history; sometimes I write about church feasts or saints celebrated during the period.

What I enjoy most about MLH is reading the primary sources. It is amazing to read the accounts of people who lived in the time period I’m curious about, especially when those sources connect early Christianity with Viking raids and the early Anglo-Saxon kings.

Coming up

In November, I’m starting a reading series called Reading Dan Jones, where I read through my favorite historian’s books in chronological order, with the primary sources he used and other historians alongside. We’ll start by delving into the First Crusade! Just so you know, I’m not affiliated with Dan Jones, I just really love his books!

Who this newsletter is for

readers who are curious about medieval England
people curious about how Christianity started and spread there
anyone who wants stories about kings, battles, early beliefs, people, and church power

What makes Meg Loves History different

This is more than dates and dynasties. My approach is shaped by:

my first degree in History and my in-progress degree in Bible & Theology
a narrow focus on England from the earliest Anglo-Saxons to 1485
a balance between kings, battles, faith, and everyday people
clear writing grounded in primary sources, questions, and curiosity

What to expect

research-backed essays on medieval English history
stories about church power, kingship, and the people caught between them
occasional Notes on books and sources I’m reading
explorations of how faith, authority, and daily life fit together in medieval England
a few Notes a week and a weekly On This Day round-up.

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