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Dan Bulman

Dan studied at Queens’ College, Cambridge (BA) and Emmanuel College, Cambridge MPhil), specializing in the history of the British Isles during the Central Middle Ages (900-1200). He was particularly interested in social history, including the relationship between land and power, documentary culture, and the expression of social status. He wrote an undergraduate dissertation on the family of Earl Siward of Northumbria and his MPhil on the role of the Warenne family in Anglo-Norman politics during the first two generations of the Norman Conquest. He is an avid reader and is pleased to be contributing to the Collector as a writer.

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Articles by Dan Bulman

Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones
Anglo-Saxon England’s Last 50 Years: A True Game of Thrones

Many fixate on the Wars of the Roses as the ultimate political drama, but the last 50 years of Anglo-Saxon England played host to a conflict even more thrilling.

Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?
Was There Social Mobility in Anglo-Saxon England?

Anglo-Saxon England was, in many ways, a typical medieval society. But was there more scope for social mobility than in neighboring Normandy and France?