The Irish King Who Fought 100 Battles
Conn of the Hundred Battles strides through early Irish tradition as both a warlord and…
The Swedish King Who Led the War Against Thor and Odin
Anund Jacob, known as Anund Jakob or James, reigned as King of Sweden from around…
The Night the Vikings Sacked London and Walked Away Loaded
The Danes hit London in 851 like a thunderclap: hundreds of longships clawing up the…
From Pagan Warlord to Christian King: Guthrum the Dane
Guthrum, the Danish Viking leader, stands as one of the most formidable and consequential figures…
How Constantinople’s Walls Saved Christian Europe
The Siege of Constantinople in 717-718 stands as one of history’s most dramatic battles for…
Odo of Bayeux: The Ambitious Warrior Bishop
Odo of Bayeux, born around 1035, was a unique and larger-than-life character of the 11th…
Sweyn II Estridsson: The Warrior King who Fathered 5 Kings
The medieval history of Denmark is marked by a series of formidable monarchs. Among these,…
An Admiral’s Betrayal and the Loss of Sicily
The history of the Mediterranean is a history of waves – of people, empires, and…
Three Brothers, One Crown: A Royal Spanish Bloodbath
Alfonso VI of León and Castile (1040–1109) is remembered as one of medieval Spain’s most…
The Tsar Who Made Byzantium Tremble
Tsar Simeon the Great, ruler of Bulgaria from 893 to 927, was a figure of…
Aragon and Castile: Uneasy Neighbors
Introduction: Iberia in the 11th–12th Century The Iberian Peninsula in the early twelfth century was…
The Battle of Anzen: An Emperor Saved By the Rain
On July 22, 838, the rolling plains of Dazimon (in modern-day Turkey) saw one of…
From Frontier Kingdom to an Empire Across Asia
Rising from semi-nomadic Turkish military origins in the late 10th century, the Ghaznavids managed within…
The Day the Saracens Invaded the Vatican and Sacked St. Peter’s
The year 846 stands as one of the most dramatic and formative moments in Rome’s…
Cannibalism, Conflict, and Collapse: The Anasazi Pueblo Wars
Sprawling across the mesas and canyons of what is now the Four Corners region of…
