In 1013, England appeared to be collapsing remarkably efficiently. Sweyn Forkbeard, King of Denmark, had launched an...
The wakizashi is often introduced as the katana’s smaller companion, which is accurate but undersells it rather...
The Tudors has a wonderfully casual relationship with historical accuracy. Henry VIII remains suspiciously handsome. Several historical...
Sweyn Forkbeard is one of those Viking rulers whose historical importance is considerably greater than his popular...
British history has an inconvenient habit of turning on battles. Kings have been killed in muddy fields,...
The smallsword was one of the defining European swords of the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Light,...
Skyrim gives you an enormous amount of freedom when building a character. Unfortunately for Skyrim, Bethesda also...
The Wars of the Roses were not one long war. England did not spend thirty years permanently...
Matilda of Tuscany, better known in Italy as Matilda of Canossa, was one of the most powerful...
The executioner’s sword was one of the most specialised swords produced in early modern Europe. It was...