From clashing spears to mud-slicked melees, medieval battles have long captivated filmmakers and audiences alike. Yet most...
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.
A grinding crucible of the Third Crusade The siege of Acre was not a single dramatic moment...
Nuno Álvares Pereira is one of those historical figures whose reputation feels almost inconveniently complete. He was...
10. The Seven-Branched Sword (Shichishitō) The Seven-Branched Sword occupies a strange space between weapon, ritual object, and...
The Battle of Lewes sits at the fascinating midpoint of English medieval politics, when the king was...
Edwin of Northumbria is one of those early English kings who feels half solid, half mist. We...
What you can legally own, buy, sell, and display Antique swords are weapons by definition, artefacts by...
Most soldiers never fought the way films show The romantic image of sword to sword combat between...
The Classical Greek hoplite sits at the centre of ancient warfare not because he was flashy or...
Christopher Myngs is known to history as both a hero and menace, which is often where the...