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Posted on:November 30, 2020December 13, 2020Mythical Creatures

Mythical Creatures: A History of European Werewolves

Werewolves are perhaps one of the most popular modern-day mythical creatures, alongside vampires, and many teen films and television shows now feature both creatures. I have already written a post about the historical origins of vampires, and what medieval people believed to be true about these monsters, so I thought it was time to look […]

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Posted on:September 6, 2020December 13, 2020Monthly Round Up

Monthly Round-Up: History in the News, August 2020

August has been another exciting month of archaeological and historical discoveries. From ancient stone age artwork, to historic graffiti, to a hoard of gold, and the impact of coronavirus, there has been plenty to talk about. Here is a pick of just eight pieces of news to have been announced last month. The grave of […]

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Posted on:August 11, 2020December 13, 2020Historical Figures Women's History

Historical Figures: Alice Chaucer, Lady of the Garter

One of the most famous writers from the medieval period is Geoffrey Chaucer. He lived between the 1340s and 1400 and most famously wrote The Canterbury Tales. He was also the first writer to be buried in Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey. However, he had a granddaughter named Alice who was born a few years […]

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Posted on:July 24, 2020December 13, 2020Monthly Round Up

Monthly Round-Up: History in the News, July 2020

Although much of the world has been in lockdown for several months now, there have still been many exciting discoveries in the fields of history and archaeology that have been announced. Just this month new archaeological sites have been found and research has changed our knowledge of things we thought we previously knew. So here […]

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Posted on:May 28, 2020December 13, 2020An Interview With

An Interview With: Sharon Bennett Connolly, Historical Author

Our interview series returns today as we speak to the wonderful historical author, Sharon Bennett Connolly. Sharon has been fascinated by history her whole life. She has studied history academically and just for fun – and even worked as a tour guide at historical sites. For Christmas 2014, her husband gave her a blog as […]

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Posted on:April 22, 2020December 13, 2020Mythical Creatures

Mythical Creatures: The Headless Blemmyes

Although people living in medieval Europe knew a lot more of the wider world than many initially think, with strong trade links in Asia and northern Africa, they were still intrigued about what lay beyond the land known to man, and stories of mythical creatures abounded. One such creature which fascinated for centuries was the […]

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Posted on:February 26, 2020December 13, 2020Monthly Round Up

Monthly Round-Up: History in the News, February 2020

Another month has passed, and so far 2020 seems full of new archaeological discoveries. Here are some of our favourite picks from what news has come out in the history world this month. Walls made from human leg bones have been found underneath a Belgian Church. Just this week, excavations revealed an unusual discovery in […]

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Posted on:January 10, 2020December 13, 2020Monthly Round Up

Monthly Round-Up: History in the News, 2019

We are now into the year 2020, and with the fresh optimism of a new year, so I am going to start making regular blog posts once again. The excitement of publishing my first book, Royal Witches, and the amount of my time that has taken up is now dying down, and it is time […]

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Posted on:July 24, 2019December 13, 2020Castles

The Development of Castles in Britain (Part 2)

To our pleasure, today we once again have Simon Forder, a writer, researcher and historian who specialises in castles, writing for us! Today, Simon explores pre-Norman fortifications in Scotland, and how far they may be recognised as castles. You can catch up on his first post, focusing on England, here. The ruins of the medieval […]

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Posted on:July 10, 2019December 13, 2020Monthly Round Up

Monthly Round-Up: History in the News, July 2019

After a break in blog posts so that I could focus on finishing up my first book, Royal Witches: From Joan of Navarre to Elizabeth Woodville, I thought it was finally time to get writing something else once again! And I thought the best way to do this would be to catch up on all […]

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