On 8 June 793, the date conventionally accepted for the attack, Scandinavian raiders struck the monastery of...
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.
Baldwin IV’s victory over Saladin at Montgisard in 1177 deserves its reputation. A teenage king living with...
The popular Viking is permanently dressed for battle. His axe is enormous, his temper unreliable, and apparently...
The Renaissance produced exquisite paintings, ambitious architecture and rulers who could appreciate both while arranging an invasion...
Samuel Bellamy’s career lasted little more than a year. It was long enough to capture a remarkable...
A medieval army could still have thousands of men alive, weapons in their hands and plenty of...
The Siege of Leiden ended on 3 October 1574, when relief boats reached a city exhausted by...
My first instinct in a strategy game is usually to buy the most impressive cavalry available and...
Henry V has enjoyed unusually good publicity for a medieval king. Shakespeare supplied the speeches, Agincourt supplied...
Alexander the Great’s tomb has not been securely identified. Ancient accounts place his body in Alexandria, where...