The raid on Lindisfarne in 793 AD is remembered as the moment Europe awoke to the Viking...
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 Age of Exploration was not the polite, romantic adventure it’s often made out to be. It...
Few battles in Roman history matched the raw brutality of the Battle of the Colline Gate, fought...
The Age of Exploration, sometimes called the Age of Discovery, was one of those rare turning points...
For centuries, the samurai of Japan cultivated a fearsome reputation. They were not merely warriors but products...
Alfonso I of Aragon, often called El Batallador (the Battler), ruled from 1104 to 1134 and left...
Few periods in history are as tangled in legend, propaganda, and bad television as the Crusades. Between...
The Siege and Battle of Leiden (1573–1574) stands as one of the defining moments of the Dutch...
History tends to polish its conquerors until they gleam. Alexander is remembered as a visionary, Caesar as...
Vladislav II ruled Wallachia in the mid fifteenth century, caught between Hungarian and Ottoman power. His reign...