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…
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Reading Time: 17 minutes 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…
Thomas-Alexandre Dumas: A Life of Daring and Glory
Reading Time: 14 minutes Thomas-Alexandre Dumas was born the child of a white French nobleman and an enslaved woman in the French colony…
15 Archimedes Discoveries That Changed the World
Reading Time: 14 minutes A Mind Ahead of His Time Archimedes of Syracuse was born in the 3rd century BCE and is considered…
Unveiling the Barbary Wars: Jefferson’s Bold Stand Against Pirates
Reading Time: 15 minutes The Barbary Pirates of North Africa, based in Morocco, Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli, had raided shipping in the Mediterranean…
15 Renaissance Artists Who Defined a Cultural Revolution
Reading Time: 22 minutes Why Renaissance Art Changed the World The art of Renaissance artists signifies one of the most profound transformations in…
How Does the Vatican Elect a New Pope? A Step-by-Step Guide
Reading Time: 7 minutes How Does the Vatican Elect a New Pope? The election of a new pope by the Catholic Church is…
The Unlikely King of Sweden: Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte
Reading Time: 12 minutes In the tumultuous wake of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars, few lives were as unlikely as that…
Saladin: The Warrior Who United the Islamic World Against the Crusaders
Reading Time: 14 minutes In the turbulence of the 12th century, when long-running internecine rivalries and the Crusader states had greatly divided the…
Xenophon and the Ten Thousand: Ancient Greece’s Greatest Retreat
Reading Time: 13 minutes In the year 401 BCE, 10,000 Greek mercenaries became stranded in the heart of the Persian Empire. Betrayed and…
