Viking Shieldmaidens: 6 Women of War
Reading Time: 11 minutes The Viking Age is often associated with brash warriors, longships and daring raids – but not all Viking warriors…
Reading Time: 11 minutes 
Reading Time: 11 minutes The Khevsur Warriors of Georgia: Medieval Spirit in a Modern War
Reading Time: 13 minutes The Last Warriors of the Mountains Deep in the folds of the Caucasus Mountains, in the remote highland region…
The Sons of Ragnar Lothbrok: History & Legend
Reading Time: 8 minutes The sons of Ragnar Lothbrok are among the most enigmatic and legendary figures of the Viking Age. Straddling the…
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…
Dunkirk’s Overlooked Tragedy: The Fate of the 51st Highland Division
Reading Time: 13 minutes The men of the 51st Highland Division, battle-hardened Scottish infantry, stayed on the beaches of France while others went…
Why Lawrence of Arabia Still Captivates Historians
Reading Time: 18 minutes The Enduring Allure of Lawrence of Arabia T.E. Lawrence, known to the world as “Lawrence of Arabia,” was a…
Brian Boru: The High King Who United Ireland
Reading Time: 12 minutes A King Born of Chaos Ireland had existed for centuries before it became a nation. Tribal, dynastic, and Viking…
Empress Matilda and The Anarchy: England’s Forgotten Civil War
Reading Time: 16 minutes A Woman Born to Rule, a Country Plunged into Chaos Empress Matilda was a princess born to be a…
Grace O’Malley the Pirate Queen of Ireland
Reading Time: 18 minutes Gráinne Mhaol, also known as Grace O’Malley, lived in 16th-century Ireland when clans were at war, the English from…
How John Paul Jones Became an Naval Icon
Reading Time: 12 minutes “I have not yet begun to fight!” Letting these immortal words ring out above the roar of cannons and…
