Few periods in history are as tangled in legend, propaganda, and bad television as the Crusades. Between...
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 Siege and Battle of Leiden (1573–1574) stands as one of the defining moments of the Dutch...
History tends to polish its conquerors until they gleam. Alexander is remembered as a visionary, Caesar as...
Vladislav II ruled Wallachia in the mid fifteenth century, caught between Hungarian and Ottoman power. His reign...
The Battle of Sisak, fought on 22 June 1593, stands as one of those obscure yet decisive...
Few emperors in Roman history inspire such a mixture of admiration and melancholy as Julian, known to...
Queen Anne’s Revenge was for a time a vehicle of terror on the high seas. She was...
Edward the Elder is often overshadowed by his more famous father, Alfred the Great, and by the...
Fought in the fog and smoke of Saxony, where kings died and Europe trembled. The Battle of...
If there’s one thing that keeps the legends of piracy alive, it isn’t just the rum, the...