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Yule Festival

Jayne Ellis December 7, 2025 0
A Historian’s Guide to the Old Midwinter Yule has the sort of reputation that makes a historian...
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The Tokugawa Shogunate Tokugawa Shogunate
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The Tokugawa Shogunate

Jayne Ellis December 6, 2025 0
The Tokugawa Shogunate always feels like one of those periods where restraint shaped an entire civilisation. When...
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How FromSoftware Perfected the Open World Formula with Elden Ring Elden Ring and the Open World game
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How FromSoftware Perfected the Open World Formula with Elden Ring

Liz Stone December 6, 2025 0
Elden Ring launched into a world that thought it already understood the open world format. We had...
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Alexandre Exquemelin, The Pirate Surgeon Who Defined the Golden Age of Buccaneers Alexandre Exquemelin
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Alexandre Exquemelin, The Pirate Surgeon Who Defined the Golden Age of Buccaneers

Jayne Ellis December 6, 2025 0
Some figures slip into history with a flourish of steel. Alexandre Exquemelin wandered in through the back...
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The Roman Pagan Gods Roman Pagan Gods
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The Roman Pagan Gods

Jayne Ellis December 6, 2025 0
Anyone hoping for a tidy Roman pantheon arranged like a modern organisational chart is in for disappointment....
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Takouskara Takouskara
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Takouskara

Matt Tait December 6, 2025 0
The Takouskara sits among the lesser known blades of North Africa, yet it tells a story that...
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Battle of Mount Badon Battle of Mount Badon
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Battle of Mount Badon

Jayne Ellis December 6, 2025 0
Mount Badon sits in that curious space where history becomes just blurry enough for legend to slip...
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Famous Aztec Warriors Famous Aztec Warriors
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Famous Aztec Warriors

Jayne Ellis December 6, 2025 0
The world of Aztec warfare has long fascinated me. It blends strict military ranks, religious fervour and...
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The Witcher, Elder Blood Lore Explained The Witcher - Elder Blood Lore
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The Witcher, Elder Blood Lore Explained

Liz Stone December 6, 2025 0
There is a special kind of chaos in The Witcher universe, and it tends to follow anyone...
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Seven Facts and Seven Myths about the Cult of Mithras Cult of Mithras
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Seven Facts and Seven Myths about the Cult of Mithras

Jayne Ellis December 5, 2025 0
A historian spends long enough in Roman religion and eventually Mithras wanders into view, usually through a...
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  • How Safe Are Historical Re-enactment Battles? Everything You Need to Know
    by Jayne Ellis on June 26, 2026 at 11:00 am

    Smoke, Steel and an Extraordinary Amount of Planning Stand beside a line of musketeers as they unleash a The post How Safe Are Historical Re-enactment Battles? Everything You Need to Know appeared first on Seven Swords.

  • The Oakeshott Sword Typology Explained: The Medieval Blade Classification System
    by Matt Tait on June 10, 2026 at 12:28 pm

    Medieval swords are often grouped together under broad labels like “knightly sword”, “longsword” or “broadsword”, but those terms The post The Oakeshott Sword Typology Explained: The Medieval Blade Classification System appeared first on Seven Swords.

  • Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA): A Comprehensive Guide
    by Jayne Ellis on June 8, 2026 at 12:37 pm

    Rediscovering Europe’s Martial Past Historical European Martial Arts, better known as HEMA, is the study and practice of The post Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA): A Comprehensive Guide appeared first on Seven Swords.

  • What are the sword martial arts?
    by Matt Tait on June 1, 2026 at 1:07 pm

    Sword fighting is one of humanity’s oldest martial traditions. Long before the sword became a symbol hanging above The post What are the sword martial arts? appeared first on Seven Swords.

  • The Best Historical Re-enactment Events in the UK, Ranked
    by Matt Tait on April 9, 2026 at 1:03 pm

    The British calendar has a habit of filling itself with historical re-enactments in much the same way medieval The post The Best Historical Re-enactment Events in the UK, Ranked appeared first on Seven Swords.

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