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The English Rebel: One Thousand Years of Troublemaking … By David Horspool
I am eager to read this book, part of me hopes it is a lot like Howard Zinn’s People’s History of the United States. The book praises the rebels and the downtrodden, and without them the world would unmistakably be a very different place. It is the courage of the ‘rebels’ that produce change in any country in the world throughout history. Review by Jackie Wullschlager History belongs to the victors – or as Sir John Harington … Read entire article »
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Crusades: Part 1
In Chronicles of the Crusades, Elizabeth Hallam writes, “The Crusades were the long-term result of the rise of Islam.” The Crusades were fought over a 200-year period between 1095 and 1291. The aim of the Crusades was to regain and protect Jerusalem and the Holy Land from Muslim expansion and rule. It started with a call for help by the Byzantines to put an end to the Turkish expansion into Anatolia. What began as a seemingly isolated border dispute became, over the … Read entire article »
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War of the Roses: Part 1
I decided today that if there is no pertinent news relating to medieval history, I will choose a topic of my own interest instead. Read on if you wish; disregard if you don’t. Either way, I am having fun writing . The War of the Roses is generally known to have taken place between 1455 and 1487. However, I like to start a little earlier than that. Let us go back to 1399, and the slight … Read entire article »
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Skeleton Reveals Violent Life and Death of Medieval Knight
And you thought pro athletes had it bad. It turns out that wounds once thought by Archaeologists to have been fatal were actually something these knights lived with. The scary part is that the fatal blow was delivered across his face while he was lying on the ground. Another juxapostion of the real history of “valiant knights” and the history portrayed in stories and media. Archaeologists believe that bones found in an ancient chapel on the site are those … Read entire article »
Filed under: Medieval History, War History