Cardiff Castle sits at the quiet heart of a busy capital, which feels faintly unfair to everything...
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 Parthian horse archer has a reputation that borders on myth, and in this case, the reputation...
There is a temptation to picture the Vikings arriving in Ireland as a sudden storm, all fire...
There are battles that feel inevitable, and then there are battles that feel personal. Clontarf is firmly...
A Dynasty Born from Chaos The Tudor story begins, as so many English dynasties do, with blood...
The samurai have long been framed as paragons of honour, discipline, and quiet nobility. It is a...
There is something oddly unsatisfying about Edgehill. Two armies finally collide after weeks of manoeuvre, both convinced...
Rebellion, Revenge, and the Unravelling of Angevin Power There are few moments in medieval history where a...
The French Voltigeurs were not supposed to exist for long. When first introduced under Napoleon Bonaparte, they...
John Hawkwood is one of those figures who feels half historical, half myth. An Englishman who rose...