The Battle of Lepanto was fought on 7 October 1571 in the Gulf of Patras, off western...
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.
Anne of Cleves is often reduced to a punchline about a failed marriage, which is unfair and...
The Battle of Peonnum is one of those early medieval clashes that sits half in the light...
François L’Olonnais has long been introduced as the most brutal of the French buccaneers who haunted the...
The Battle of Inverkeithing took place on 20 July 1651 during Cromwell’s invasion of Scotland. It was...
The Sipahi are often introduced as the backbone of the Ottoman cavalry, yet that phrase hardly captures...
The Battle of Yarmouk in 636 was one of those moments where the map of the Near...
Quiet figures in Tudor history often cause the most trouble, usually because they slip through the noise...
Richard III remains one of the most argued over monarchs in English history. His image has travelled...
There are few episodes from the ancient world that carry the dramatic weight of Troy’s fall. Even...