The Battle of Vimeiro sits at the awkward but decisive opening act of the Peninsular War. It...
Jayne Ellis
Jayne Ellis is a History graduate from the University of York with a deep fascination for ancient societies and the human experience that shaped them. Her writing reflects a keen eye for cultural nuance and a traveller’s instinct for perspective, often weaving lived experience with historical insight. Serious in her research yet unafraid to voice an opinion, Jayne approaches the past with curiosity, rigour, and the occasional sharp edge, because history, after all, was never neutral.
The Carolingian Dynasty shaped early medieval Europe with a force that feels almost improbable when you set...
Scottish schiltron infantry sit at the heart of medieval Scotland’s military reputation. They were not glamorous cavalry...
The Battle of Mühlberg, fought on 24 April 1547 beside the Elbe, marked the decisive moment of...
The Battle of Edgecote Moor sits awkwardly in the Wars of the Roses, a major clash born...
Origins and Purpose The British Army at the turn of the nineteenth century had a problem. Its...
Macbeth mac Findláich ruled Scotland from 1040 to 1057. History remembers him in the long shadow cast...
Olaf Tryggvason sits in that uncomfortable space between history and saga where certainty thins and personality grows...
The Battle of Beneventum brought the Pyrrhic War to a weary close. By the time swords met...
The Battle of Winwaed in 655 stands as one of the decisive moments of early Anglo Saxon...