Place to Visit: Eastnor Castle, UK
Eastnor was built by the 2nd Baron (Lord) Somers, later 1st Earl, between 1810 and 1824. The combination of inherited...
23/11/2011
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Thomas Müntzer and Peasants’ War
Peasant-plebeian movement in Reformation strongest was expressed in the Anabaptist movement and the Peasants’ War in Germany 1524-1525. Peasants and...
19/11/2011
The Third Crusade: Richard The Lionheart in comparison with other crusaders
The allure of Jerusalem King Richard I of England twice marched inland from the Palestinian coast towards Jerusalem, reaching the...
18/11/2011
King Charles’ II Flight after the Battle of Worcester
On Friday 5th of September 1651 the future king Charles II hid in a Shropshire barn. It was Francis Wolfe...
13/11/2011
Operation “Flaming Dart”
Operation Flaming Dart was America’s response in 1965 to North Vietnamese attacks on US bases in South Vietnam. Operation Flaming...
06/11/2011
The horse in Middle Ages
The horse was an integral and essential component of medieval existence. Horses were needed for tournaments, for hunting, for pleasure,...
05/11/2011
William Wilberforce’s Mission for Humane Rights
In the late 1700s, when William Wilberforce was a teenager, English traders raided the African coast on the Gulf of...
04/11/2011
Reign of Tsar Ivan IV, “The Terrible”
Ivan IV (1533 – 1584), known as “The Terrible” completed the centralization of Russia that begun with his predecessors. Though...
03/11/2011
Book Review: Matilda: Queen of the Conqueror By Tracy Borman
Behind every great man, so the saying goes, is a great woman – or, in the case of the man...
02/11/2011
Place to visit: Jorvik Viking Centre in York, UK
At Jorvik you can come as close as you’re ever likely to get to seeing, hearing and smelling how our...
30/10/2011