We Can’t Get Over These Historical Inaccuracies in ‘Braveheart’
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November 23, 2023
The Evolution of Guédelon Castle – A 13th-Century Castle In the Modern Era
October 19, 2023
Shipboard Cannon Found Off Swedish Coast Believed to Be Oldest In Europe
September 14, 2023
The Subtle Philosophy Behind Staircases In Medieval Castles
December 12, 2022
The True Story Behind ‘Medieval’ and Legendary Bohemian Commander Jan Žižka
December 01, 2022
Long-Lost Burial Site of Harald Bluetooth, Legendary Christian King of Vikings, Found in Polish Village
July 04, 2022
Winged Hussars: The Rise and Fall of Europe’s ‘Angels of Death’
June 27, 2022
From the Scythians to Russia: The Use of Scorched Earth Tactics in War
April 19, 2022
Lethal Weapons: 5 of the Most Effective Man-Killing Tools in History
January 12, 2022
These 4 Weapons Created For Combat Were Cheap But Ingenious Game Changers
December 16, 2021
16th Century Rocket Cats: Brilliant Warfare Tactic Or Terrible Idea?
September 01, 2021
Swiss Pikemen: The Most Fearsome Medieval Mercenaries
July 13, 2021
Weird Ways To End A Siege — Some Strange Strategies
June 11, 2021
Igor I of Kiev: History’s Mysterious Viking Prince
June 10, 2021
1410 Battle of Grunwald Sword Unearthed In Poland
May 04, 2021
Part Time Viking Stabs Girlfriend While Practising Battle Moves!
July 31, 2020
Prague Revamp Reveals Jewish Gravestones Used as Cobblestones
May 20, 2020
Police Swoop on a ‘Suspicious’ Medieval Swordsman…He Was Doing Daily Exercise
May 20, 2020
History Hack – Fantastic Podcasts Beating Lockdown Blues
April 19, 2020
The Maid of Orléans : How Joan of Arc defeated the English
April 30, 2019
The Elite Scottish Warriors who Helped Joan of Arc
April 26, 2019
The English Longbow: Machine Gun Of The Medieval Era
April 15, 2019
When 5,000 British Archers Defeated Over 30,000 French Knights
April 09, 2019
Was History’s Greatest Ever Military Leader an Unknown Korean Admiral?
April 01, 2019
What Was It That Made Mongol Warriors So Unstoppable?
April 01, 2019
When 500 Knights Defeated 40,000 Soldiers From the Ottoman Empire: The Siege of Malta
March 31, 2019
The Bloody Siege of Rhodes: The Ottomans & Their Unstoppable Empire
March 27, 2019
The Impregnable City Walls of Constantinople Finally Fell To a 21-year-old Sultan.
March 21, 2019
The Order Of The Assassins: Medieval Masters Of Asymmetric Warfare.
March 21, 2019
The Guardians of Scotland & The English Aggressors
March 18, 2019
Genghis Khan: A Visionary Leader or a Brutal Conqueror?
March 17, 2019
Web of Intrigue: How a Spider Helped With Scottish Independence
March 13, 2019
The Not So Noblewoman Who Turned Pirate
March 06, 2019
A Long Horizon: From The Normandy Beaches to the Byzantine Empire
March 01, 2019
The Auld Alliance -Scotland The Brave
February 25, 2019
The Sack Of Baghdad In 1258 – One Of The Bloodiest Days In Human History
February 15, 2019
Tiny Lithuania Was Once a Superpower of Europe
February 10, 2019
Tamerlane Wiped Out Perhaps 17 Million People With Just Fire & Swords
February 03, 2019
Outlaws and Outcasts Led by a Former Slave Overthrow a Dynasty
January 23, 2019
Death & Marriage in Civil War: John Marshal Gains Power in Medieval England
January 21, 2019
Aggressive warrior emperor from China’s less well known period of disunion
January 08, 2019
What Happened To Prisoners Of War In Medieval England – There Was Good Money To Be Made
January 07, 2019
The Mystery of Medieval Weapons & Armor – Where Did It All Go?
December 28, 2018
The Spanish Mercenaries Were Outnumbered 500-1, The Battle of Cajamarca, 1532
December 19, 2018
The Battle of the Velbazhd (1330) Signaled the Beginning of Serbian Expansion
December 19, 2018
The Battle of Pinkie Cleugh: The Last Pitched Battle Between England & Scotland
December 06, 2018
The Battle of Flodden: The Largest Battle Fought Between England and Scotland
November 27, 2018
The Battle of Bosworth Field: How Richard III Lost His Kingdom & His Life
November 22, 2018
Pedro de Lara: From Powerful To Penniless
November 03, 2018
Defying His King: How The Battle Of Arsuf Was Won
October 31, 2018
The First Gunslinger: The Lone Gunman at Orleans
September 28, 2018
Super Weapons That Ended the Reign of Knights
September 25, 2018
The Bloodiest Battle Ever Fought on English Soil: The Battle of Towton
September 21, 2018
Rebel to Hero – Wallace at Stirling Bridge
September 20, 2018
Ancient Map Shifted the Balance of World Power
August 27, 2018
Badgers Unearth Medieval Anglo-Saxon Warrior Burial Site
August 26, 2018
Butcher Cumberland & the Last Highland Charge – Battle of Culloden
August 22, 2018
Normans in Sicily: A Surprise Find for Archaeologists near Palermo
August 20, 2018
No Games of Thrones – The Real War of the Roses
August 18, 2018
The Battle of Hastings: The Last Successful Invasion of England
August 16, 2018
Hadrian’s Wall of Denmark – Dannevirke Defensive Complex
August 12, 2018
Mammoth Revolution You Never Heard Of – The German Peasants’ War of 1524-5
August 11, 2018
Mongol Tactics Learned from the Great Sun Tzu – Speed, Deception and Intel
August 08, 2018
Legendary One-Eyed Jan Zizka: Undefeated Leader in the Hussite Revolution
August 07, 2018
The Amazing and Forgotten Victory at Molodi
August 06, 2018
King Edward I and The English Conquest Of Wales
August 05, 2018
For Serious Gamers – Hnefatafl: The Viking Board Game that Was More than Just a Game
July 31, 2018
Legendary Viking Battle – Svolda and King Olaf
July 30, 2018
Baltic Crusaders – Pagans Defeat Christian Knights at the Battle of Saule
July 30, 2018
Sohei: The Warrior Monks of Medieval Japan
July 28, 2018
Birth of the Black Plague: The Mongol Siege on Caffa
July 28, 2018
The Last Great Viking Invasion: Battles of Fulford and Stamford Bridge
July 28, 2018
The Tragic Children’s Crusade of 1212 – Tens of Thousands Answered the Call
July 28, 2018
From Vikings to Armadas – Evolution of the Royal Navy
July 27, 2018
Clash of the 3 Viking Kingdoms – The Battle of Helgea
July 27, 2018
Romans & Vikings: 3 Fantastic Books from Haynes – Review by M. Barnes
July 26, 2018
Holy Roman Empress? – Maria Theresa’s Fight for Her Empire
July 25, 2018
Crusades – More Peace than War?
July 25, 2018
Iron Age Fort in Scotland Reveals Origins
July 23, 2018
Global Warming Research Yields Shipwrecks and Ancient City
July 23, 2018
Battle Of Levounion – Breathing New Life for the Byzantines
July 20, 2018
Battle of Stamford Bridge – The Victory that Lost England for the Anglo-Saxons
July 19, 2018
500 Year Old 2-Handed Sword Found in Norwegian Lake
July 17, 2018
The Battle of Lepanto – Holy War or Economics?
June 26, 2018
The rebellion of Mary Tudor – she was joined by more than 15,000 men
June 20, 2018
The Remarkable History of the Original Assassins
June 19, 2018
The Stubborn 3 Year Siege of Smolensk
June 19, 2018
Lagartha the Shield Maiden – Legend or Reality?
June 17, 2018
The Stirrup: Genghis Khan’s Deadliest Weapon
June 10, 2018
Subatai – the Dog of War & The Mongol’s Most Accomplished General
June 09, 2018
Finding Historical Treasure May Get New Rules on Britain’s Battlefields
June 08, 2018
The Knights Hospitaller and the Great Siege of Malta
June 07, 2018
Russia’s 1st Naval Victory – Defeating Sweden at the Battle of Gangut
June 05, 2018
Once the Greatest Army in Europe – The Black Army of Hungary
May 31, 2018
Sappers And Siege Engines – Ivan The Terrible Conquers The city Of Kazan
May 21, 2018
Bedford Castle In Early England Is Now Completely Gone, But A Game-Changing Medieval Siege Took Place There In 1224
May 13, 2018
These Twelve Battles Were Defining Moments In The History Of The Crusades
May 12, 2018
The Rules Of Chivalry Were So Important In Medieval Society, But Breaking The Rules Was Almost As Important
May 12, 2018
Death In Single Combat Outside The Castle Walls – The Queen’s Consort Reaches The End His Life
May 10, 2018
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May 10, 2018
Civil Wars That Shaped Medieval England
May 06, 2018
What Happened To Prisoners Of War In Medieval England
May 06, 2018
Wargames From Medieval Tournaments
May 03, 2018
7 Ways English Lords Fought Against Welsh Raiders
May 03, 2018
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April 30, 2018
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April 30, 2018
The Causes Of The English Civil Wars – Some Of The Most Destructive Conflicts In British History
April 27, 2018
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April 25, 2018
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April 24, 2018
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April 24, 2018
The Knights Templar – The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Crusader Order
April 23, 2018
The Mongol Invasions of Japan and the Origin of the Word “Kamikaze”
April 22, 2018
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April 20, 2018
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April 11, 2018
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April 09, 2018
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March 27, 2018
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March 24, 2018
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March 20, 2018
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March 20, 2018
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March 19, 2018
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March 19, 2018
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March 18, 2018
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March 17, 2018
Nine Factors That Caused The First Crusade To Happen
March 13, 2018
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March 12, 2018
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March 12, 2018
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March 12, 2018
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March 11, 2018
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March 11, 2018
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March 11, 2018
Arab Women Shame Their Fleeing Men Back Towards the Fight At The Battle of Yarmouk
March 11, 2018
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March 10, 2018
The Viking Mercenaries of the Byzantine Empire – The Varangian Guard
March 09, 2018
Al-Andalus, a Melting Pot of Faiths in the Iberian Peninsula
March 08, 2018
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March 05, 2018
Krak des Chevaliers – The Impenetrable Castle, Captured With A Single Sheet of Paper
March 04, 2018
The Battle Of Morgarten – Against All The Odds, One Small Army Changes The Course Of Military History
March 03, 2018
The Battle of Arsuf – To Win the Day, One Man Must Defy His Own King
March 03, 2018
AD 732, Battle of Tours: Charles Martel the ‘Hammer’ Holds The Line Of Battle
February 25, 2018
The Battle of Pliska – A Byzantine Military Disaster
February 23, 2018
Sappers And Siege Engines – Ivan The Terrible Conquers The city Of Kazan
February 22, 2018
War Wagons: One of the Strangest Military Formations Ever Seen in Europe
February 21, 2018
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February 20, 2018
Steel, Gunpowder, And Careful Planning – The Conquistadors’ Defeat Of The Incas
February 20, 2018
Jan Žižka: The Blind and Undefeated General of the Hussite Wars
February 20, 2018
The last battle of the Vikings On The West Coast Of Scotland
February 18, 2018
The Beginning Of The End For The Teutonic Knights, Grunwald 1410
February 17, 2018
An Age Of Brutal Conflicts – The Vikings and The Franks
February 07, 2018
Battles That Defined the Crusades – Brutal Times
February 06, 2018
Criminal Careers Born From a Single Battle – Is One the Real Robin Hood
February 06, 2018
7 Ways English Lords Fought Against Welsh Raiders
February 05, 2018
Hastings and Beyond: The Norman Conquest of England
February 04, 2018
The Albigensian Crusades: Christians vs Christians
February 04, 2018
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January 31, 2018
Seven Of The Most Famous Knights of the Middle Ages – Warriors, Scholars, Great Leaders Of Men
January 30, 2018
The Knights Templar – The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Crusader Order
January 21, 2018
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January 19, 2018
The Tide Turns – One Battle Ended the Seemingly Unstoppable Mongol Invasion
January 19, 2018
The Night Attack – Vlad The Impaler Ambushes The Ottoman Sultan
January 17, 2018
Battle of Agincourt – The English Really Should Have Lost, But They Won
January 16, 2018
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January 15, 2018
Facts We Never Knew About Medieval Warhorses
January 12, 2018
The Mongol Invasions of Japan and the Origin of the Word “Kamikaze”
January 11, 2018
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January 08, 2018
The Causes Of The English Civil Wars – Some Of The Most Destructive Conflicts In British History
January 05, 2018
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December 31, 2017
Japan’s Onin War – A Vital Moment In The History Of Japan
December 30, 2017
Samurai, Ninja, Ronin, And More – Seven Different Warrior Classes Of Feudal Japan
December 30, 2017
The Equipment of the Samurai – Fearsome Warriors Armed to the Teeth
December 29, 2017
Seven Types of Medieval Armor – From Quilted Cloth to Full Steel Plate
December 29, 2017
The Mongol Invasions of Japan and the Origin of the Word “Kamikaze”
December 29, 2017
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December 27, 2017
The Battle of Edgehill, October 1642 – Both Commanders Hoped to Force Battle
December 26, 2017
Nine Rules of the Medieval Templar Knights
December 25, 2017
Bedford Castle In Early England Is Now Completely Gone, But A Game-Changing Medieval Siege Took Place There In 1224
December 24, 2017
The Knights Templar – Spectacular Rise And Fall Of A Legendary Order
December 24, 2017
What Happened To Prisoners Of War In Medieval England
December 23, 2017
The Janissaries – An Elite Ottoman Army Unit Who Became Public Enemy No1
December 20, 2017
Nine Things the Movie ‘Braveheart’ Got Wrong… And One Thing It Got Right
December 20, 2017
Single Combat At The Siege of Bayonne, 1131AD
December 19, 2017
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December 19, 2017
The Teutonic Knights, Crusading Lords of Eastern Europe
December 18, 2017
The Duke Of Marlborough Was A Very Successful General – He Was Adaptable, Courageous, And He Took Care Of His Men
December 18, 2017
Building Armies in the Harsh World of Medieval England
December 18, 2017
“The Great Army” – The Vikings at Their Peak
December 17, 2017
Richard the Lionheart’s Secret Weapon During the Third Crusade
December 17, 2017
Krak des Chevaliers – The Impenetrable Castle, Captured With A Single Sheet of Paper
December 17, 2017
Raiders and Traders: How The Vikings Conquer England
December 16, 2017
A Great And Formidable General – The Military Campaigns Of Frederick Barbarossa
December 16, 2017
Making Magna Carta: King John’s Civil War
December 16, 2017
Circling the 15th Century Wagons: The Hussite Wars
December 16, 2017
The Brutal Reality of Naval Warfare in the Hundred Years War
December 16, 2017
Mobilising Artillery, Cavalry, And Tens Of Thousands Of Men – The Land Forces of the Hundred Years War
December 16, 2017
Massive Towers, Unbreakable Walls, Terrifying Siege Engines – This Was The Hundred Years War
December 16, 2017
The Byzantine Empire Was The Noble Descendant Of Ancient Rome – But In Matters Of Military Genius They Could Not Rival Their Ancestors
December 14, 2017
Fact Or Fiction – Finding out what Really Happened to the Knights Templar
December 14, 2017
The Tide Turns – One Battle Ended the Seemingly Unstoppable Mongol Invasion
December 13, 2017
The Knights Templar – The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Crusader Order
December 13, 2017
The Battle Of Morgarten – Against All The Odds, One Small Army Changes The Course Of Military History
December 13, 2017
Steel, Gunpowder, And Careful Planning – The Conquistadors’ Defeat Of The Incas
December 11, 2017
The English Should Have Lost at Agincourt, But Against All The Odds, They Won
December 10, 2017
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December 08, 2017
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December 08, 2017
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December 05, 2017
Death In Single Combat Outside The Castle Walls – The Queen’s Consort Reaches The End His Life
December 04, 2017
The Night Attack – Vlad The Impaler Ambushes The Ottoman Sultan By Sneaking Right Into The Enemy Camp Alone
December 04, 2017
Sappers And Siege Engines – Ivan The Terrible Conquers The city Of Kazan
December 04, 2017
Medieval Warhorses – Incredible Power On The Battlefield, Incredible Value Off The Battlefield
December 03, 2017
Seven Of The Most Famous Knights of the Middle Ages – Warriors, Scholars, Great Leaders Of Men
December 03, 2017
These Six Civil Wars Shaped The Bloody And Warlike History Of Medieval England
December 03, 2017
The Battle Of Agincourt – A Massive Victory For The English When All The Odds Were Against Them
December 03, 2017
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December 03, 2017
The Rules Of Chivalry Were So Important In Medieval Society, But Breaking The Rules Was Almost As Important
December 03, 2017
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November 29, 2017
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November 29, 2017
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November 29, 2017
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November 29, 2017
AD 732, Battle of Tours: Charles Martel the ‘Hammer’ Holds The Line Of Battle
November 28, 2017
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November 27, 2017
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November 25, 2017
The Mongol Invasions of Japan and the Origin of the Word “Kamikaze”
November 25, 2017
The Equipment of the Samurai – Fearsome Warriors Armed to the Teeth
November 25, 2017
A Game-Changing Medieval Siege
November 24, 2017
What Happened To Prisoners Of War In Medieval England
November 24, 2017
Civil Wars That Shaped Medieval England
November 23, 2017
The Janissaries – An Elite Ottoman Army Unit Who Became Public Enemy No1
November 20, 2017
7 Ways English Lords Fought Against Welsh Raiders
November 18, 2017
5 Types of Wargames From Medieval Tournaments
November 17, 2017
The Battle of Pliska – a Byzantine military disaster
November 15, 2017
The Battle of Arsuf – To Win the Day, One Man Must Defy His Own King
November 15, 2017
Single Combat At The Siege of Bayonne, 1131AD
November 15, 2017
Samurai, Ninja, Ronin, And More – Seven Different Warrior Classes Of Feudal Japan
November 14, 2017
The Battle of Morgarten – against all the Odds, One Small Army Changes the Course of Military History
November 14, 2017
Arab Women Shame Their Fleeing Men Back Towards the Fight At The Battle of Yarmouk
November 13, 2017
Al-Andalus, a Melting Pot of Faiths in the Iberian Peninsula
November 12, 2017
The Causes Of The English Civil Wars – Some Of The Most Destructive Conflicts In British History
November 10, 2017
The Battle of Edgehill, October 1642 – Both commanders hoped to force battle
November 07, 2017
An Age Of Brutal Conflicts – The Vikings and The Franks
November 06, 2017
AD 732, Battle of Tours: Charles Martel the ‘Hammer’ Holds The Line Of Battle
November 06, 2017
The Viking Mercenaries of the Byzantine Empire – The Varangian Guard
November 06, 2017
The Tide Turns On The Unstoppable Mongol Invasion
November 06, 2017
Fighting For Favor, Fighting For Fame – Recruiting Armies In The Unforgiving World Of Medieval England
November 05, 2017
The Knights Templar – The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Crusader Order
November 04, 2017
The Brilliant Sappers and Siege engines – Ivan the Terrible Conquers The city of Kazan
October 31, 2017
The Mongol Invasions of Japan and the Origin of the Word “Kamikaze”
October 30, 2017
The Equipment of the Samurai – Fearsome Warriors Armed to the Teeth
October 29, 2017
Siege of Vienna: Led by a Mercenary, This Desperate Army Turned the Tide on the Ottoman Empire
October 23, 2017
The last battle of the Vikings On The West Coast Of Scotland
October 22, 2017
11 Facts We Never Knew About Medieval Warhorses
October 17, 2017
7 Reasons the Conquistadors Beat the Incas
October 15, 2017
12 Battles That Defined the Crusades – Brutal Times
October 15, 2017
5 Rules of Chivalry and How They Were Broken
October 15, 2017
Famous Knights of the Middle Ages – Warriors, Leaders, and Scholars
October 14, 2017
Jan Žižka: The Blind and Undefeated General of the Hussite Wars
October 14, 2017
Battle of Agincourt – The English Really Should Have Lost, But They Won
October 09, 2017
Siege of Vienna: Led by a Mercenary, This Desperate Army Turned the Tide on the Ottoman Empire
September 29, 2017
Powerful Orders Of Medieval Knights And What Made Each One Distinct
September 28, 2017
The beginning of the end for the Teutonic Knights, Grunwald 1410
September 27, 2017
It Took A Huge Effort To Keep Armies Supplied During The Hundred Years War
September 26, 2017
Who Led The Knights And How: Military Leadership In The Hundred Years War
September 26, 2017
The Night Attack – Vlad The Impaler Ambushes The Ottoman Sultan
September 25, 2017
Massive Towers, Unbreakable Walls, Terrifying Siege Engines – This Was The Hundred Years War
September 24, 2017
Land Forces of the Hundred Years War – A War That Seemed To Have No End
September 24, 2017
The Brutal Reality of Naval Warfare in the Hundred Years War
September 23, 2017
War Wagons: One of the Strangest Military Formations Ever Seen in Europe
September 21, 2017
Three Medieval Wars in North Africa
September 20, 2017
Raiders and Traders: The Vikings Conquer England
September 20, 2017
Krak des Chevaliers – The Impenetrable Castle, Captured With A Single Sheet of Paper
September 20, 2017
The Military Campaigns of Frederick Barbarossa
September 20, 2017
Making Magna Carta: King John’s Civil War
September 19, 2017
“The Great Army” – The Vikings at Their Peak
September 18, 2017
Hastings and Beyond: The Norman Conquest of England
September 18, 2017
The Battle Against the Cathars – Terrible Times in Medieval Europe
September 18, 2017
The Vikings and The Franks – Brutal Conflict in Early Europe
September 16, 2017
The War of The Emperor Go-Daigo
September 14, 2017
Richard the Lionheart’s Secret Weapon During the Third Crusade
September 05, 2017
Building Armies in the Harsh World of Medieval England
September 03, 2017
The Longbow: Its Rise and Dominance – It Totally Changed Medieval Warfare
September 03, 2017
Understanding the Crusader Mind – How Crusaders Might Have Thought And Felt About Their Wars
September 03, 2017
Famous Medieval Knights – Warriors, Leaders, And Scholars
September 02, 2017
Samurai, Ninja, Ronin, And More – Seven Different Warrior Classes Of Feudal Japan
August 21, 2017
Japan’s Onin War – A Vital Moment In The History Of Japan
August 18, 2017
The Equipment of the Samurai – Fearsome Warriors Armed to the Teeth
August 15, 2017
Medieval Armor, From Quilted Cloth to Full Steel Plate
August 15, 2017
The Mongol Invasions of Japan and the Origin of the Word “Kamikaze”
August 13, 2017
The Rules of the Medieval Templar Knights
August 07, 2017
Conrad Kyeser: The Leonardo da Vinci of War Machines
August 05, 2017
Fact Or Fiction – Finding out what Really Happened to the Knights Templar
August 05, 2017
The Battle of Edgehill, October 1642 – Both commanders hoped to force battle
August 02, 2017
Charles the Bold, Burgundy’s Flawed Reforming Warlord
July 26, 2017
A Game-Changing Medieval Siege
July 22, 2017
The Knights Templar – Spectacular Rise And Fall Of A Legendary Order
July 22, 2017
What Happened To Prisoners Of War In Medieval England
July 17, 2017
Medieval Crusaders – How They Might Have Thought And Felt About Their Wars
July 15, 2017
The Many Historical Facts The Movie ‘Braveheart’ Got Wrong… And One It Got Right
July 14, 2017
Losing The Kingdom – The Last Battle Of The Vikings On The West Coast Of Scotland
July 13, 2017
Four Men and One Woman – Five Mighty Leaders Whose Wars United Medieval England
July 13, 2017
How Artillery Evolved During The Brutal And Merciless 100 Years War
July 11, 2017
Charles the Bold, Burgundy’s Flawed Reforming Warlord
July 08, 2017
The Battle of Morgarten – Against All The Odds, One Small Army Changed the Course of European Military History
July 07, 2017
Siege of Vienna: Led by a Mercenary, This Desperate Army Turned the Tide on the Ottoman Empire
July 07, 2017
The Duke Of Marlborough Was A Very Successful General – He Was Adaptable, Cunning, And He Looked After His Men
July 06, 2017
The Causes Of The English Civil Wars – Some Of The Most Destructive Conflicts In British History
July 05, 2017
The Teutonic Knights, Crusading Lords of Eastern Europe
July 05, 2017
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July 05, 2017
The Brutal Reality of Naval Warfare in the Hundred Years War
July 05, 2017
The Duke Of Marlborough Was A Very Successful General – He Was Adaptable, Cunning, And He Looked After His Men
July 05, 2017
The Tide Turns On The Unstoppable Mongol Invasion
July 04, 2017
Land Forces of the Hundred Years War – A War That Seemed To Have No End
July 03, 2017
How Artillery Evolved During The Brutal And Merciless 100 Years War
July 03, 2017
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July 02, 2017
The Longbow: Its Rise and Dominance – It Totally Changed Medieval Warfare
July 02, 2017
Alone and In Disguise, Vlad the Impaler Walked Into His Enemy’s Camp to Prepare A Deadly Ambush
July 01, 2017
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June 30, 2017
Women Shame Their Fleeing Men Back Towards the Fight At The Battle of Yarmouk
June 30, 2017
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June 29, 2017
Powerful Orders Of Medieval Knights And What Made Each One Distinct
June 26, 2017
Powerful Orders Of Medieval Knights And What Made Each One Distinct
June 25, 2017
Medieval Armor – From Quilted Cloth to Full Steel Plate
June 24, 2017
Famous Medieval Knights – Warriors, Leaders, And Scholars
June 23, 2017
The Viking Mercenaries of the Byzantine Empire – The Varangian Guard
June 22, 2017
The Battle of Arsuf – To Win the Day, One Man Must Defy His Own King
June 20, 2017
Four Men and One Woman – Five Mighty Leaders Whose Wars United Medieval England
June 20, 2017
The Battle of Morgarten – Against All The Odds, One Small Army Changed the Course of European Military History
June 20, 2017
The Janissaries – An Elite Ottoman Army Unit Who Became Public Enemy No1
June 18, 2017
Sappers and Siege engines – Ivan the Terrible Conquers The city of Kazan
June 17, 2017
The Many Things the Movie ‘Braveheart’ Got Wrong… And One Thing It Got Right
June 17, 2017
Different Ways Medieval Crusaders Might Have Thought And Felt About Their Wars
June 17, 2017
The Death Of A Medieval Grand Master – An Ancient Order of Knights Falls In A Merciless Last Battle
June 16, 2017
The One of the Bloodiest Medieval Wars Was Fought Because Of A Bucket
June 15, 2017
The King Comes Back To Claim His Own – Last Battle of the Viking King
June 14, 2017
Arab Women Shame Their Fleeing Men Back Towards the Fight At The Battle of Yarmouk
June 14, 2017
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June 14, 2017
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The Awesome Power of Charlemagne, Who Built His Empire and Conquered Half of Europe
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An Age Of Brutal Conflicts – The Vikings and The Franks
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Medieval Armor – From Quilted Cloth to Full Steel Plate
June 05, 2017
Al-Andalus, a Melting Pot of Faiths in the Iberian Peninsula
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The Knights Templar – The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Crusader Order
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June 03, 2017
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June 03, 2017
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June 02, 2017
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June 01, 2017
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May 28, 2017
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May 28, 2017
The Viking Mercenaries of the Byzantine Empire – The Varangian Guard
May 28, 2017
The One of the Bloodiest Medieval Wars Was Fought Because Of A Bucket
May 27, 2017
How Artillery Evolved During The Brutal And Merciless 100 Years War
May 27, 2017
Nine Factors That Caused The First Crusade To Happen
May 24, 2017
7 Types of Medieval Armor – From Quilted Cloth to Full Steel Plate
May 23, 2017
Siege of Vienna: Led by a Mercenary, This Desperate Army Turned the Tide on the Ottoman Empire
May 23, 2017
10 Medieval Knightly Orders – And What Made Each One Unique
May 22, 2017
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May 21, 2017
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May 21, 2017
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May 21, 2017
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May 20, 2017
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May 20, 2017
Land Forces of the Hundred Years War – A War That Seemed To Have No End
May 20, 2017
The Brutal Reality of Naval Warfare in the Hundred Years War
May 19, 2017
War Wagons: One of the Strangest Military Formations Ever Seen in Europe
May 18, 2017
6 Military Campaigns of Frederick Barbarossa
May 17, 2017
Three Medieval Crusades in North Africa
May 17, 2017
Krak des Chevaliers – The Impenetrable Castle, Captured With A Single Sheet of Paper
May 17, 2017
Raiders and Traders: The Vikings Conquer England
May 17, 2017
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May 17, 2017
The Albigensian Crusades: Christians vs Christians
May 16, 2017
Hastings and Beyond: The Norman Conquest of England
May 16, 2017
“The Great Army” – The Vikings at Their Peak
May 16, 2017
Four Men and One Woman – Five Mighty Leaders Whose Wars United Medieval England
May 15, 2017
8 Brutal Eurpoean Conflicts Between The Vikings and The Franks
May 14, 2017
The War of The Emperor Go-Daigo
May 12, 2017
8 Ways Medieval Crusaders Might Have Thought And Felt About Their Wars
April 20, 2017
Nine Things the Movie ‘Braveheart’ Got Wrong… And One Thing It Got Right
April 20, 2017
The Longbow: Its Rise and Dominance
April 20, 2017
Building Armies in the Harsh World of Medieval England
April 20, 2017
7 Famous Medieval Knights – Warriors, Leaders, And Scholars
April 18, 2017
The Four Most Infamous Vikings in History
April 11, 2017
Charles the Bold, Burgundy’s Flawed Reforming Warlord
April 08, 2017
5 Of The Bloodiest and Most Devastating Sieges We Tend To Forget
April 02, 2017
Samurai, Ninja, Ronin, And More – Seven Different Warrior Classes Of Feudal Japan
March 30, 2017
Japan’s Onin War – A Vital Moment In The History Of Japan
March 25, 2017
Seven Types of Medieval Armor – From Quilted Cloth to Full Steel Plate
March 16, 2017
The Equipment of the Samurai – Fearsome Warriors Armed to the Teeth
March 16, 2017
The Mongol Invasions of Japan and the Origin of the Word “Kamikaze”
March 10, 2017
The Battle of Edgehill, October 1642 – Both commanders hoped to force battle
February 17, 2017
Conrad Kyeser: The Leonardo da Vinci of War Machines
February 12, 2017
Fact Or Fiction – Finding out what Really Happened to the Knights Templar
February 10, 2017
Nine Rules of the medieval Templar Knights
February 02, 2017
A Game-Changing Medieval Siege
January 20, 2017
The Knights Templar – Spectacular Rise And Fall Of A Legendary Order
January 20, 2017
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January 05, 2017
What Happened To Prisoners Of War In Medieval England
December 27, 2016
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December 19, 2016
Nine Things the Movie ‘Braveheart’ Got Wrong… And One Thing It Got Right
December 18, 2016
Four Men and One Woman – Five Mighty Leaders Whose Wars United Medieval England
December 18, 2016
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December 17, 2016
How Artillery Evolved During The Brutal And Merciless 100 Years War
December 13, 2016
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December 10, 2016
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December 09, 2016
14 Facts about the Teutonic Knights, Crusading Lords of Eastern Europe
December 06, 2016
The Brutal Reality of Naval Warfare in the Hundred Years War
December 05, 2016
The Causes Of The English Civil Wars – Some Of The Most Destructive Conflicts In British History
December 05, 2016
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December 05, 2016
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November 30, 2016
Land Forces of the Hundred Years War – A War That Seemed To Have No End
November 27, 2016
The Longbow: Its Rise and Dominance – It Totally Changed Medieval Warfare
November 27, 2016
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November 24, 2016
Arab Women Shame Their Fleeing Men Back Towards the Fight At The Battle of Yarmouk
November 22, 2016
When A Bloody Medieval War Was Fought Because Of A Bucket Full of Treasure
November 22, 2016
10 Medieval Knightly Orders – And What Made Each One Unique
November 17, 2016
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November 17, 2016
7 Types of Medieval Armor – From Quilted Cloth to Full Steel Plate
November 13, 2016
Siege of Vienna: Led by a Mercenary, This Desperate Army Turned the Tide on the Ottoman Empire
November 12, 2016
9 Factors That Caused The First Crusade – It Was Not As Simple As It Seems Today
November 10, 2016
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November 08, 2016
7 Famous Medieval Knights – Warriors, Leaders, And Scholars
October 26, 2016
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October 23, 2016
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October 19, 2016
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October 11, 2016
The Battle of Arsuf – To Win the Day, One Man Must Defy His Own King
October 08, 2016
The Battle of Morgarten – Against All The Odds, One Small Army Changed the Course of European Military History
October 08, 2016
Four Men and One Woman – Five Mighty Leaders Whose Wars United Medieval England
October 06, 2016
The Janissaries – An Elite Ottoman Army Unit Who Became Public Enemy No1
September 27, 2016
Alone and In Disguise, Vlad the Impaler Walked Into His Enemy’s Camp to Prepare A Deadly Ambush
September 27, 2016
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September 26, 2016
8 Ways Medieval Crusaders Might Have Thought And Felt About Their Wars
September 26, 2016
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September 26, 2016
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September 25, 2016
The Death Of A Medieval Grand Master – An Ancient Order of Knights Falls In A Merciless Last Battle
September 24, 2016
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September 22, 2016
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September 19, 2016
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September 16, 2016
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September 10, 2016
The Longbow: Its Rise and Dominance
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7 Types of Medieval Armor – From Quilted Cloth to Full Steel Plate
September 10, 2016
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The Knights Templar – The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Crusader Order
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September 04, 2016
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September 04, 2016
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September 03, 2016
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August 25, 2016
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August 14, 2016
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August 07, 2016
The Victory of the Reconquista – The Spanish Annexation of the Emirate of Granada
August 05, 2016
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August 03, 2016
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August 01, 2016
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8 Brutal Conflicts Between Franks and Vikings
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Four Men and One Woman – Five Mighty Leaders Whose Wars United Medieval England
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July 26, 2016
The Great Stand on the Ugra River – Ending Tatar Dominion Over Moscow
July 25, 2016
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July 24, 2016
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July 24, 2016
Chesma,1770 – The Humiliating Defeat of the Ottomans by the Russians
July 22, 2016
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July 20, 2016
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July 18, 2016
Battle of Mohács – The Ottoman Victory That Divided Hungary
July 18, 2016
6 Military Campaigns of Frederick Barbarossa
July 18, 2016
The Crusade of Las Navas de Tolosa – The Spark of Hope For The Spanish Reconquista
July 17, 2016
Making Magna Carta: King John’s Civil War
July 17, 2016
The Battle For Spices and Control Over The Most Important Naval Trade Route
July 16, 2016
Three Medieval Crusades in North Africa
July 15, 2016
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July 13, 2016
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July 12, 2016
The Crusade of Varna
July 11, 2016
The Brutal Reality of Naval Warfare in the Hundred Years War
July 11, 2016
The Children’s Crusade – Peacefully converting the Muslim population of the Middle East into Christianity?
July 10, 2016
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July 08, 2016
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July 08, 2016
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July 06, 2016
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July 02, 2016
The Night Attack – Vlad the Impaler ambushes the Ottoman Sultan
July 02, 2016
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June 30, 2016
The Death of Grand Master Ulrich, and the Beginning of the End for the Teutonic Knights
June 29, 2016
Battle of Nicopolis – The Failed Crusade Against The Ottomans
June 28, 2016
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June 27, 2016
How Artillery Evolved in the 100 Years War
June 27, 2016
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June 25, 2016
Arab Women Shame Their Fleeing Men Back Towards the Fight At The Battle of Yarmouk
June 24, 2016
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June 22, 2016
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June 21, 2016
The Rise of The Tokugawa Shogunate – The Beginning Of A Remarkable Period Of Japanese Peace and Prosperity
June 20, 2016
Siege of Vienna: Led by a Mercenary, This Desperate Army Turned the Tide on the Ottoman Empire
June 19, 2016
7 Types of Medieval Armor – From Quilted Cloth to Full Steel Plate
June 17, 2016
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June 16, 2016