Minamoto no Yoshitsune was a genuine military commander whose victories helped destroy the Taira clan, yet much...
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 Battle of the Nile was one of Horatio Nelson’s greatest victories. Discover how the British fleet...
Billmen formed the close-combat strength of late medieval and Tudor English armies. Discover how they were recruited,...
On 17 July 1453, an Anglo-Gascon army led by John Talbot attacked a fortified French position outside...
Alaric I is remembered as the barbarian king who sacked Rome. That description is accurate, but only...
Tokugawa Ieyasu spent much of his life surrounded by men who appeared more powerful, more daring and...
On 26 August 1346, an English army led by Edward III defeated a substantially larger French force...
Medieval Wales produced formidable archers. English kings recruited Welsh soldiers in considerable numbers, while Welsh bowmen served...
On 30 June 1643, two armies collided among hedged fields, lanes and old coal workings south-east of...
The ghilmān were elite military retainers who served the caliphs, emirs and sultans of the medieval Islamic...