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French Gendarmes: Everything We Know About France’s Elite Medieval Cavalry French Gendarmes
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French Gendarmes: Everything We Know About France’s Elite Medieval Cavalry

Jayne Ellis December 2, 2025 0
There are few mounted soldiers in late medieval Europe who inspired as much admiration, frustration and sheer...
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Battle of Mohács, 1526 – The day a kingdom fell battle of Mohács
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Battle of Mohács, 1526 – The day a kingdom fell

Jayne Ellis December 2, 2025 0
Historians sometimes try to sound detached about Mohács, as if the calamity could be tidied into a...
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Sharpe’s Best Supporting Characters Sharpe Characters
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Sharpe’s Best Supporting Characters

Liz Stone December 2, 2025 0
A tribute to the personalities who shaped the chaos around Sharpe, carried half the battles on their...
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Skyrim Secrets Players Still Miss Skyrim Secrets
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Skyrim Secrets Players Still Miss

Liz Stone December 2, 2025 0
You would think that after more than a decade of shouting at dragons and stealing cheese wheels,...
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Baldur’s Gate 3 Best Items in Each Act Best Items in Baldur's Gate
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Baldur’s Gate 3 Best Items in Each Act

Liz Stone December 1, 2025 0
You can play Baldur’s Gate 3 a dozen times and still walk past something powerful that was...
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Edward VI: The Tudor who ran out of time Edward VI
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Edward VI: The Tudor who ran out of time

Jayne Ellis December 1, 2025 0
Edward VI is one of those monarchs who feels a bit like a footnote until you look...
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Every Pirate of the Caribbean Real Pirates of the Caribbean
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Every Pirate of the Caribbean

Jayne Ellis December 1, 2025 0
Piracy in the Caribbean was never a single era or a neat collection of names. It was...
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Mexica Macuahuitl with Shark Tooth Edges mexica shark tooth Macuahuitl
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Mexica Macuahuitl with Shark Tooth Edges

Matt Tait December 1, 2025 0
A weapon shaped by volcanic timber, ritual craft and lethal precision, the shark tooth variant of the...
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Spartacus: House of Ashur, Release Date, Trailers and Updates Spartacus: House of Asher
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Spartacus: House of Ashur, Release Date, Trailers and Updates

Liz Stone December 1, 2025 0
If you have ever watched Spartacus and thought the story could not possibly get darker or more...
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Second Battle of St Albans Second Battle of St Albans
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Second Battle of St Albans

Jayne Ellis December 1, 2025 0
The Second Battle of St Albans, fought on 17 February 1461, has always struck me as one...
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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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