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How The Fourth Crusade Went Off The Rails – Part 2: The Sack of Constantinople
In the spring of 1202, more than ten thousand Crusaders answered the Pope's call to invade Egypt and retake the H...
19 Sep
Medieval Blog
12 Sep
How The Fourth Crusade Went Off The Rails – Part 1: In Debt To The Doge
In the closing years of the 12th century, a new and energetic Pope set out to ‘reclaim’ the city of Jerusalem fro...
02 Sep
What Happened to the Anglo-Saxons After 1066?
The Witan hall was emptier than it had been only eight months earlier. Much ill had transpired since the icy asse...
19 Aug
The Hussite Wars, Part 3: A Defeat In Victory, A Victory In Defeat
We stand here, having come a long way. At the start of our tale in Part 1, Europe’s Papacy was corrupted and in t...
01 Aug
The Hussite Wars, Part 2: Masters of All Bohemia
As we saw in Part 1, Bohemia had become a tinderbox of religious and political strife, marked by ambitious monarc...
25 Jul
Nasrid Granada: The Last Islamic Kingdom in Europe
Spain today remains one of the most strongly Catholic nations in Europe – but the supremacy of the Christian Chur...
18 Jul
Was Hildegard von Bingen the First Medieval Scientist?
In their own time, Medieval women were visible, public and involved. Though their defined spheres were often sepa...
11 Jul
Five of the Weirdest Medieval Weapons
The Medieval period wasn't all about fighting - most people lived reasonably peaceful lives, with very much the s...
04 Jul
When Did The Middle Ages End?
When Charlemagne was crowned Emperor of the Romans in 800 CE by Pope Leo III, not a lot changed. Nobody went arou...
22 Jun
The Hussite Wars, Part 1: You Can’t Burn Ideas At The Stake
Smoke rises from Domažlice. The crosses of St. George, patron saint...
