Medieval

Amda Seyon I & the Ethiopian Empire by Joshua P...

In the late 1320’s a great Ethiopian army came to the south-western shores of the Red Sea, whose ‘sacred flood,’ Aeschylus wrote, dazzled with it’s gleam of brass and ‘furnishes...

Amda Seyon I & the Ethiopian Empire by Joshua P...

In the late 1320’s a great Ethiopian army came to the south-western shores of the Red Sea, whose ‘sacred flood,’ Aeschylus wrote, dazzled with it’s gleam of brass and ‘furnishes...

Bertha of Kent: Bringer of Christianity? by Ell...

Ever since the Romans had left their most far flung territory in 410 AD, the lands had been overrun with invading Angles, Saxons and Jutes. These pagan forces overwhelmed the...

Bertha of Kent: Bringer of Christianity? by Ell...

Ever since the Romans had left their most far flung territory in 410 AD, the lands had been overrun with invading Angles, Saxons and Jutes. These pagan forces overwhelmed the...

Medieval Muslim Malta by Luke Gauci

The Maltese archipelago (Malta, Gozo and Comino) sit in the centre of the Mediterranean Sea. Roughly 100 km south of Sicily and 350 km north of Libya, the islands have...

Medieval Muslim Malta by Luke Gauci

The Maltese archipelago (Malta, Gozo and Comino) sit in the centre of the Mediterranean Sea. Roughly 100 km south of Sicily and 350 km north of Libya, the islands have...

Anne of Bohemia – More than Good? by Ellie Monks

Anne of Bohemia was the first wife of Richard II, making her a queen of England until her death in 1394 which is conventionally said to have been because of...

Anne of Bohemia – More than Good? by Ellie Monks

Anne of Bohemia was the first wife of Richard II, making her a queen of England until her death in 1394 which is conventionally said to have been because of...

Seven Kings Must Die and the Ongoing Search for...

The Battle of Brunanburh remains one of the most important battles of the Anglo-Saxon period. Taking place in 937, as Æthelstan, England's first king (924-939), defeated a great northern alliance,...

Seven Kings Must Die and the Ongoing Search for...

The Battle of Brunanburh remains one of the most important battles of the Anglo-Saxon period. Taking place in 937, as Æthelstan, England's first king (924-939), defeated a great northern alliance,...

Me vs You: The Medieval Roots of English Imperi...

Typically when we think about English imperialism it is within an Early Modern or Modern scope through topics of slavery, colonialism, globalisation, and so forth. Yet, through the work of...

Me vs You: The Medieval Roots of English Imperi...

Typically when we think about English imperialism it is within an Early Modern or Modern scope through topics of slavery, colonialism, globalisation, and so forth. Yet, through the work of...