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Medieval
The Zanj Rebellion: The African Slave Revolt That Rocked Medieval Mesopotamia
The Anarchy at Samarra: When Turkish Slave Soldiers Wrecked the Abbasid Caliphate
Sigurd the Mighty: The Viking Killed by a Dead Enemy
King Charles III’s Prophet Muhammad Ancestry
Swords From Around the World – The Falchion: Preferred Sword of Medieval Infantry
Girolamo Savonarola and the Bonfire of the Vanities: A Maoist Cultural Revolution in 1400s Florence
Shoe Superstitions Around the World: From Offensive to Bringers of Good Fortune
The Medieval Raven King and His Mercenary Black Army: Matthias Corvinus vs the Ottoman Turks
Willikin of the Weald: A Real Life Robin Hood Who Fought for the Baddie King John Instead of Against Him
The Battle of Towton: The Biggest and Bloodiest Battle Fought on English Soil
Bizarre Rulers – Charles the Mad, the King Who Feared He Might Shatter Because He Thought He Was Made of Class
The Nika Riots: History’s Deadliest Sports Hooliganism Was Put Down by Massacring 30,000 Rioting Fans in a Stadium
The Harrying of the North: The Brutal Norman Pacification of Northern England Likened to Genocide
The Shroud of Turin: A Medieval Forgery and One of History’s Most Resilient Hoaxes
The Sicilian Vespers: How an Indecent Proposal Got Thousands of French Massacred in Sicily
Swords From Around the World: The Knightly Sword, the Crusaders’ Classic Weapon
George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence: The Royal Executed by Drowning in a Barrel of Wine
The Donation of Constantine: History’s Most Impactful Forgery
Filippo Brunelleschi Revolutionized Architecture, and Pulled off the Renaissance’s Greatest Prank
The Saint and the Snakes: Saint Patrick Myths and Realities
John Hawkwood, the English Mercenary Who Roiled Medieval Italy
Khalid ibn al-Walid, the Formidable General Who Beat Both the Byzantines and Persians
Afonso the Conqueror, the Medieval Founder of Portugal
Fighting Women: Khawla bint Al Azwar, the Muslim Mulan
Meowing Nuns: The Weird Mass Hysteria that Swept a Medieval Convent
Greek Fire: The Medieval Secret Weapon that Saved the Byzantine Empire
Tariq ibn Ziyad: The Military Prodigy Who Conquered Spain, and Ended Up a Destitute Beggar
Town vs Gown: The St Scholastica Day Riot, When Locals Lit Into Oxford University Scholars
The English Peasants’ Revolt: The Medieval Uprising That Transformed England
Folklore and Mythology – The Dark Origins of the Pied Piper of Hamelin
The Erfurt Latrine Disaster: When Dozens of Aristocrats Were Drowned in Excrement
Vlad the Impaler, the Real Life Dracula, Did Far Worse Than Suck People’s Blood
Myths and Realities: Ninjas in Pop Culture vs Real Life Ninjas
Swords From Around the World: The Transformative Viking Sword
Folklore and Mythology: The Original King Arthur Legend Was Dark and Decidedly Non-Disney
Harry Hotspur: The Medieval Knight English Premier League’s Tottenham Hotspur FC is Named After
Saint Olga of Kiev’s Vicious Vengeance Campaign
The Battle of Agincourt – The Most Stunning English Victory of the Hundred Years War
The Hussite Revolution: An Uprising That Revolutionized Warfare
Folklore and Mythology: The Origins of the Robin Hood Legend
Myths and Realities: Did Medieval People Avoid Water and Drink Alcohol Instead?
Joan of Arc at the Siege of Orleans: A Victory That Transformed France
Ferrante I: The King Who Displayed His Mummified Enemies in an Exhibit
‘Royal Fowl’: For Centuries, All of England’s Swans Have Belonged to the King or Queen
The Khawarij: Al Qaeda’s Medieval Terrorist Ancestors
Swords From Around the World: The Scimitar, Iconic Sword of the Middle East
The Other Roman Empire: How The Eastern Roman Empire Saved the West
Swords From the Around the World: The Turkish Kilij, History’s Best Cutting Sword
Fighting Women: Joan of Arc, the Teenager Who Saved France, and Was Abandoned by Her Countrymen
Medieval Eel Money: When Eels Were Used as Currency
Medieval Divorce Duels: When Couples Had to Fight Their Way Out of Unhappy Marriages
Medieval Dance Plagues: When Communities Went Dance-Crazy, and Hundreds Danced to Death
Joanna the Mad: The Queen Who Dug Up Her Buried Husband’s Corpse and Slept With it For Years
Agnes Sorel: The Royal Mistress Who Started a Bare Boob Fashion Fad
Fighting Women: Empress Matilda Was So Formidable, They Named Two Tanks After Her
Al Basus: The Forty-Year War Fought Over Disrespect Shown a Camel
The Mamluks: The Slave Soldiers Who Ruled Egypt for Centuries
Unholy Holy Fathers: When Pope John X’s Affair With His Former Mistress’s Daughter Soured, She Had Him Murdered
Bizarre Rulers: The Mad Caliph’s Reign of Terror and Error
Bizarre Rulers: The Mad Caliph’s Mad Reign
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