The Strategic Genius of Emma of Normandy – England’s Overlooked Matriarch
Emma of Normandy (c. 985–1052), played an influential role in shaping the complex worlds of…
The Clever Political Manoeuvre That Won The Pope A Kingdom
The year 754 CE marked a crucial moment in Dark Ages European history, as it…
A Crown for Sale? This Empire Went to the Highest Bidder!
For nearly a millennium, the Holy Roman Empire’s imperial elections combined ritual, bribery, and dynastic…
Archbishop Thomas Becket: the Most Infamous Murder in Medieval England
The assassination of Archbishop Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral on December 29, 1170, was a…
From Slave to Queen
Galla Placidia’s life reads like an epic: born into the highest echelons of Roman power,…
The Dark, Dirty, and Dangerous Reality of Early Medieval Europe
Life in early medieval Europe was, for most people, a daily struggle against hunger, disease,…
The Bayeux Tapestry’s 93 Hidden Secrets: What Were They Thinking?
Few works of medieval art have captured the public imagination quite like the Bayeux Tapestry….
The Knights Hospitallers: From Jerusalem To Acre, Cyprus, Rhodes Then Finally Malta
The year 1113 marked a pivotal moment in medieval history when Pope Paschal II officially…
Why Did Vikings Return Year After Year to Raid This Tiny Island Monastery?
In 799, on a small, windswept island off the coast of Aquitaine, the monks of…
The Death and Rebirth of the Language of the Roman Empire
By the end of the 5th century AD, Latin – the language used for the…
The Wake by Paul Kingsnorth
Reading it feels like uncovering a lost manuscript, one that’s worth translating and understanding. If…
The Evening and the Morning by Ken Follett
If you’re a fan of dark ages history then Ken Follett’s The Evening and the…
The Hammer and the Cross by Harry Harrison
If you’re the kind of reader who gets excited at the mention of Lindisfarne, who…
The Saxon Stories by Bernard Cornwell
Thirteen books covering the Viking invasions of Anglo-Saxon England as seen trough the eyes of…
The Warlord Chronicles By Bernard Cornwell
Three great novels covering post-Roman Britain and a reimagining of Arthurian legend. If you’re drawn…
