Dr Charlotte Ball is an early medievalist with a special interest in the way the art, literature and burial practises of the period intersect with the natural world. She has her PhD from the University of Leicester where she lectured in early medieval history. Currently, Charlotte has her own business as a teacher, speaker and history communicator, working with young people and adults to inspire a love of the English language and its early history.
In the early medieval period, the village of Repton was the setting for dramatic events involving monarchs, murder and marauding Vikings. It was, at various times, a burial ground of kings and a military stronghold. This talk examines the stories of two men who were buried at Repton – a Saint and a Viking – and looks at what recent archaeology can tell us about our local history and the Viking age.
