The First Gunslinger: The Lone Gunman at Orleans
At the Siege of Orleans in 1429, in yet another brutal phase of the Hundred Year’s War, the English suffered a major blow to their…
Super Weapons That Ended the Reign of Knights
It is without a doubt that weapons, since time immemorial, have the most effective tools in winning wars. In the Medieval Ages, the strength of…
The Bloodiest Battle Ever Fought on English Soil: The Battle of Towton
Fought on the 29th of March 1461, the Battle of Towton was the bloodiest battle ever fought in England. In a single day, thousands of…
Rebel to Hero – Wallace at Stirling Bridge
The Battle of Stirling Bridge took place on September 11, 1297, during the Wars of Scottish Independence which were fought in the last years of…
Ancient Map Shifted the Balance of World Power
In the early 16th century, European nations sought out information collected and recorded on nautical maps. This made coastlines, harbors, and rivers into resources, and these…
Badgers Unearth Medieval Anglo-Saxon Warrior Burial Site
A United States military veteran discovered the shallow grave of a sixth-century Saxon soldier at Salisbury Plain in England, not too far from Stonehenge. Buried with…
Butcher Cumberland & the Last Highland Charge – Battle of Culloden
The Jacobite uprising emerged with the purpose of returning James II of England and VII of Scotland to the throne. From 1688 the Jacobite’s provoked…
Normans in Sicily: A Surprise Find for Archaeologists near Palermo
Archaeologists live for the kind of surprise uncovered recently near a medieval church in Sicily. The remains of 10 skeletons were found near the Church…
No Games of Thrones – The Real War of the Roses
The Wars of the Roses were fought between two branches of the Plantagenet family: the House of Lancaster and the House of York. The name…
The Battle of Hastings: The Last Successful Invasion of England
The Battle of Hastings was a turning point in English history. It decided the fate of the English monarchy and shaped the country’s language, laws,…
Hadrian’s Wall of Denmark – Dannevirke Defensive Complex
Beginning in the later part of what historians know as the “Nordic Iron Age,” the pagan Danes built massive lines of fortifications along their border…
Mammoth Revolution You Never Heard Of – The German Peasants’ War of 1524-5
In 1524, a revolt broke out in Germany. Peasants rose up in a war that showed the religious and social tensions that would tear Europe…