20 Persistent Myths About Medieval Life Debunked
Reading Time: 18 minutes Movies are full of them. Meme pages thrive on them. Myths about medieval life contain a lot of misinformation,…
Reading Time: 18 minutes 
Reading Time: 18 minutes The Reconquista Explained: The Rise of Catholic Iberia
Reading Time: 24 minutes Reconquista is the name often given to the long struggle that reshaped Spain and Portugal over roughly eight centuries….
The Umayyad Conquest and the Birth of Muslim Iberia
Reading Time: 29 minutes In 711, a small landing initiated the Umayyad Conquest, a process that would change the Iberian Peninsula for centuries. If…
How Mansa Musa Flooded Cairo with Gold—and What Happened Next
Reading Time: 18 minutes In the 1320s, Mansa Musa made his way to Cairo, leading a caravan so laden with gold that centuries…
How the Almoravids Shaped Modern Islam in Africa
Reading Time: 19 minutes The Almoravids started as a desert reform movement. They ended up presiding over an empire extending from the Maghreb,…
Philip IV’s Blueprint for Destroying the Knights Templar
Reading Time: 21 minutes On Friday, October 13, 1307, a few minutes before dawn, officials of the King of France began arresting Knights…
How the Black Death Reshaped Europe’s Economy and Society
Reading Time: 14 minutes The Black Death arrived in Europe in 1347 and traveled rapidly through trade routes across the continent by 1351….
The Albigensian Crusade: How Rome Tried to Erase the Cathars
Reading Time: 27 minutes The Albigensian Crusade was launched in an Occitan region at peace and on the economic rise. The tolerant region…
From Soldier to Legend: The Legacy of Bertrand Du Guesclin
Reading Time: 28 minutes The Hundred Years’ War saw many great soldiers and commanders, but very few have received the same recognition and…
Simon de Montfort and the Birth of England’s First Parliament
Reading Time: 17 minutes Simon de Montfort rose to power during a time of significant political transition in England. In the mid-13th century,…
