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The Western Schism: When There Were Three Popes At Once
The end of the 14th century saw the blossoming of the Proto-Reformation, and huge social upheavals across Europe....
27 Feb
Medieval History
16 Feb
How Long Was The Hundred Years War?
As most people with an interest in history trivia know, ‘How long was the Hundred Years War?’ is a classic trick ...
13 Feb
Where Did The Ottoman Empire Come From?
In the spring of 1453 CE, the Ottoman Sultan Mehmet II brought his formidable armies to bear against the walls of...
09 Feb
How Dirty Were The Middle Ages?
Everyone knows that peasants in the Middle Ages never bathed, and that Kings and Queens were afraid the bathtub w...
26 Jan
Cookie-Monster Jesus, Humanoid Sheep: The Best and Worst Medieval Restorations
We owe virtually our entire catalogue of historical artifacts to the diligent army of restorers and conservators ...
19 Sep
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...
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...
