The Joseon Dynasty has a habit of staying with you. The more you look at it, the...
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.
Early Life and the Making of a Navigator There is something oddly reassuring about James Cook’s beginnings....
The Battle of Stoke Field, fought on 16 June 1487 near the village of Stoke in Nottinghamshire,...
Ealdwulf ruled the kingdom of the Kingdom of East Anglia for close to half a century, from...
Ramesses III sits at an awkward but fascinating hinge point in Egyptian history. He ruled during the...
The Battle of the Sea Peoples occured on the edge of history and collapse. It is not...
Ancient Egyptian warfare rarely chased annihilation. It aimed at control, prestige, tribute, and reminding neighbours who set...
Bohemond I of Taranto sits uncomfortably between legend and calculation. He is remembered as a towering crusader...
The Battle of Maloyaroslavets sits in an awkward, often misunderstood corner of the Napoleonic Wars. It was...
Caracalla remains one of Rome’s most unsettling emperors. He ruled with ferocity, spent lavishly on the army,...