The ascent of the Medieval Serbia
The main stages in the development and expansion of the Serbian States were also stages in its relationship with the...
03/02/2016
MEDIEVAL HISTORY
The Inquisitors’ work
Hideously unjust and psychotic in their devotion to duty, the Inquisitors went to any lengths to wring confessions from their...
01/02/2016
In the Medieval peasant house
There are as many different sorts of peasant houses as there are peasant families, and there are huge variations across...
30/11/2015
Sir Martin Frobisher: The first gold rush
Once those pioneering sailors had brought news of strange new lands, all sorts of others saw opportunities of exploiting them...
29/11/2015
Hastings: The Battle that Changed the Western Europe
The year 1066 is the most celebrated in English history. To every English schoolchild it evokes a Saxon hero, Harold,...
14/10/2015
A Day in Shakespeare’s London
If you can’t settle to sleep as usual and find yourself up before the break of day, you may care...
13/08/2015
Medieval horse armour
Such investments needed to be protected, and it is unsurprising that there should be a development in horse armour that...
16/07/2015
The entertainment in Tudor England
Apart from eating and drinking (and smoking), the Tudors were enthusiastic merrymakers: they liked to entertain and to be entertained....
20/05/2015
Organised crime in Medieval England
A large sum of money – £4,000 in gold, to be precise – is due to be transferred from London...
02/03/2015
Scotland under the rule of Alexander III
The eight-year-old Alexander III had been king for only a few days when two factions began to struggle for control...
13/02/2015