Middle Ages

Chain, Chest and Curse: Combating Book Theft in Medieval Times

http://medievalbooks.nl/2015/07/10/chain-chest-curse-combating-book-theft-in-medieval-times/

9 years ago

The Ghost of King John: Importance of the Magna Charta

http://westernconservatory.com/articles/the-ghost-of-king-john

9 years ago

How to Capture a Castle

http://www.historynet.com/medieval-warfare-how-to-capture-a-castle-with-siegecraft.htm

9 years ago

Francis Drake’s Prayer: Fact or Fiction?

Update: The mystery of the true author of the prayer has been solved! It was written by Rev Addison Groff…

9 years ago

Peter Bartholomew – Life and Death of a Fanatical Fraud

The First Crusade, from 1096 – 1099, was a truly remarkable event. Tens of thousands of soldiers, pilgrims and churchmen…

10 years ago

Soldier’s Gear from 1066 to 2014

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/world-war-one/11006139/Inventories-of-war-soldiers-kit-from-1066-to-2014.html

10 years ago

New Discoveries about the Black Death

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/mar/29/black-death-not-spread-rat-fleas-london-plague

10 years ago

The Annual Horse Bleeding

Today. the day after Christmas, is the feast of St. Stephen. During the Middle Ages this was traditionally a day…

10 years ago

Last Time a Pope Resigned – The Western Schism

It has recently been announced that Pope Benedict will be resigning. Although this is unprecedented in recent years, it is…

11 years ago