Modern Historical European Martial Arts, or HEMA, is one of those rare pursuits where grown adults get...
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 of Jerusalem in 70 AD marked one of antiquity’s most brutal and consequential showdowns. What...
A study of the first Carolingian king and the man who built the bridge between the Merovingian...
Few civilisations evoke such fascination and misunderstanding as the Aztec Empire. Rising from the marshy valley of...
When Rome first aired on HBO in 2005, it felt like the dawn of a new era...
The Battle of Amphipolis, fought in 422 BC, stands as one of the most dramatic and decisive...
Few figures in Roman history inspire such admiration and regret as Germanicus Julius Caesar. Born in 15...
Historical reenactment is one of those curious pursuits where passion for the past collides with the present....
Valhalla Rising is one of those films that lingers. It doesn’t tell you what to think, nor...
Few rulers in medieval history combined ruthless cunning, battlefield brilliance, and administrative reform as effectively as Sultan...