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Was King John Really That Bad? Part 2: The Prince In The Tower
His name has passed into legend as a by-word for corrupt government, cruelty and swingeing taxation: ‘Bad King Jo...
22 May
High Middle Ages
08 May
Was King John Really That Bad? – Part 1: The Inconstancy of Prince John
King John, the only English monarch of that name, has become a by-word for monarchical cruelty and excess. This i...
25 Sep
“Will No-One Rid Me Of This Turbulent Priest?”: The Assassination of Saint Thomas Becket
One of the novices pressed his eye to the crack in the Cathedral door. With a sharp intake of breath, he stumbled...
21 Aug
The Story of King Henry II of England
King Henry II came to power after the Anarchy, a sixteen-year long civil war which had shaken the foundations of ...
14 Aug
The Anarchy, Part 3: King Stephen and Empress Matilda
It is the year 1138 CE. The clouds have burst. Open hostilities between Empress Matilda, the daughter of King Hen...
07 Aug
The Anarchy: Civil War in England, Part 2: A Crumbling Kingdom
The board is set. The pieces are moving. The Anarchy is going to descend upon England. In our first part, we imme...
31 Jul
The Anarchy: Civil War In England, Part 1: The Wreck Of The White Ship
High Medieval England was a particularly violent and unsettled place, in a violent and unsettled time. The seizur...
19 Jun
Guelphs and Ghibellines: The Birth of Italian Republicanism
The Investiture Controversy had set the Holy Roman Emperors and the Papacy at loggerheads for almost 50 years. At...
12 Jun
The Grand Ambitions of Frederick Barbarossa
Part 1: A Dynastic Union To End All Wars In the cold December of 1122, ...
04 May
The Fall Before The Fall: The Latin Empire of Conquered Byzantium – Part 2
In Part 1 of our examination of the Latin Empire of Constantinople, we saw how the Crusaders knocked over the Byz...
