Rome in Ruins: The Sack of Rome in 1527
Reading Time: 24 minutes The Sack of Rome in 1527, marks the tragic descent from a peak of Renaissance splendor to the chaos…
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Reading Time: 24 minutes Vlad Tepes: Madman or Mastermind of Medieval Terror
Reading Time: 23 minutes Was Vlad Tepes a bloodthirsty monster, a power-crazed madman, or a master of psychological warfare? To his enemies he was…
Queen Boudica’s Last Stand: The Battle for Britannia
Reading Time: 14 minutes The Warrior Queen and the Fate of a Nation Set in Roman Britain around the mid-1st century CE, this…
The Diadochi: How Alexander’s Generals Built New Empires from His Ashes
Reading Time: 21 minutes Alexander the Great died unexpectedly in Babylon in 323 BCE with no clear successor. His empire, which had expanded…
The House of Medici: Banking, Power, and the Birth of the Renaissance
Reading Time: 13 minutes Powerful, influential, and quietly transformative: few families have had such a long and sweeping impact on human history as…
The Life and Legacy of Oliver Cromwell: Hero or Tyrant?
Reading Time: 12 minutes Explore the complex life of Oliver Cromwell—military genius, devout reformer, and one of England’s most controversial figures.
The Plantagenet Kings of England: 300 Years That Shaped a Nation
Reading Time: 27 minutes The Plantagenet Kings of England ruled for over 300 years and shaped the future of the British monarchy, the…
30 Best Books Set in the Medieval Era
Reading Time: 13 minutes Fiction and Non-Fiction Must-Reads for History Lovers Medieval literature is a genre that evokes strong imagery: colossal cathedrals, crusading…
The Real-Life Epic of Harald Hardrada: Viking, Mercenary, King
Reading Time: 17 minutes Harald Sigurdsson, better known as Harald Hardrada, “the Hard Ruler”, was a giant of a man, born into a…
Celtic Pride: The Legacy of Vercingetorix
Reading Time: 12 minutes In the days when the Celtic Gallics were riven by factionalism and local patriotism, Vercingetorix stands out as a…
