Hugh of Vermandois, sometimes called Hugues le Grand or Hugh the Great, occupies a curious place in...
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.
Japan’s sword history isn’t just about the katana. That curved, elegant blade has monopolised pop culture so...
The Battle of Losecoat Field, fought on 12 March 1470 near Empingham in Rutland, was one of...
The Battle of al-Babein, fought in March 1167 near Giza, marked one of the earliest tests of...
Few figures in English medieval history burn as brightly, or as controversially, as Simon de Montfort. Depending...
Few pirates have sailed so swiftly from obscurity to myth as Thomas Tew. In the late 17th...
Few figures from ancient history stir the imagination quite like Spartacus, the Thracian gladiator who turned on...
The Tudor dynasty remains one of the most fascinating and misunderstood periods in English history. Between 1485...
Few battles marked the end of a republic so emphatically as the Battle of Marciano, also known...
A clash soaked in ambition, vengeance, and blood, the Battle of Maserfield was a defining moment of...