Anne Bonny is one of the most recognisable pirates of the eighteenth century. She is usually shown...
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 French army at Agincourt was larger and heavily armoured, but narrow ground, wet soil, English archery...
On 13 November 1642, London’s soldiers and citizens blocked King Charles I at Turnham Green. Little blood...
The European longsword and Japanese katana are routinely pushed into imaginary contests. Usually this involves two heroic...
High Medieval crossbowmen served kings, cities, castles and fleets. Their weapons were powerful, but success depended upon...
The Battle of Towton was one of the largest and bloodiest engagements of the Wars of the...
The Battle of Ilipa in 206 BCE destroyed Carthaginian field power in Iberia. Scipio achieved victory through...
The late medieval Cossack was not yet the colourfully dressed warrior of seventeenth-century paintings. There were no...
Gilles de Rais occupies one of the darkest and most uncomfortable corners of medieval history. He was...
The Siege of Orléans transformed the Hundred Years’ War. Examine its commanders, opposing forces, weapons, archaeology and...