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Was Bede Really That Venerable?
It is 686 AD at the gates of the Northumbrian monastery of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey. Pushing one of the great oak doors ajar, we are...
Harry McNeile
Apr 135 min read


Infidelity, Infighting, Ineptitude and Invasion: The Disastrous Reign of Constantine IX Monomachos
Throughout its impressive longevity, the Byzantine Empire has had its fair share of terrible emperors who plunged Byzantium into chaos...
Noah Parsons
Nov 12, 20247 min read


Anne Neville – Warwick’s Forgotten Queen
If you visit Warwick Castle, you will find countless placards and performances chronicling its history – chief among them, its...
Helena Smith
Oct 5, 20244 min read


Miracles, Mysticism and Pious Peasants: The Strange Story of the Holy Lance during the First Crusade
Noah Parsons By the time of the High Medieval Period, Western Europe remained firmly within the grasp of the omnipotent Catholic Church....
Noah Parsons
Sep 15, 20245 min read
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