The Battle of Tours, often called the Battle of Poitiers, sits in that curious category of historical...
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 Bergerac in August 1345 is one of those moments in the Hundred Years’ War...
Medieval warfare rarely looked like the chaotic cinematic swirl we often imagine. Armies did not simply charge...
The Battle That Made Alexander the Great Few battles in ancient history feel quite as decisive as...
When Medieval Warfare Refused to End Medieval battles are often imagined as chaotic clashes that ended within...
A Border War that Became a Test of the New Kingdom Late in the thirteenth century BC...
Few Roman emperors leave behind a reputation that feels genuinely human. Marcus Aurelius does. He ruled from...
The Battle of Falconaria, fought on 1 December 1299 near the town of Falconara in western Sicily,...
Few rulers in European history combined ambition, intellect, and sheer political nerve quite like Catherine the Great....
Few battles in English history carry the same grim reputation as the Battle of Towton, fought on...