The Early Medieval Maritime World

In 1452 or 1453, Vlad III Dracula was travelling through Transylvania when he was ambushed and nearly killed. Four years earlier, he had briefly been a prince. Now he was an exile, pursued by assassins and forced to beg for aid from the man who had murdered his father. 

This mysterious piece of writing gives us tantalising clues about the evolution of beliefs around healing, religion, and spirituality during this period and reveals to us a belief system that is perhaps much messier than a simple dichotomy between Christianity and paganism.

Earth Wounds, written by Kevin Alexandrowicz and Devon Rawlings, is a unique, thought-provoking and visually stunning telling of Viking Age funerary customs.

A review of Luke Daly’s ‘Women of the Middle Ages: A Window into the Lives of Medieval Women’

Cursed yet chosen, a band of green-robed knights strides resolutely across parched plains, their disease-ridden bodies bearing the weight of their calling.

Do you like camping? Do you like history? Then why not combined them! In this snappy article we learn about the niche pastime of ‘champing’ - camping, in churches!

A book review of Weird Medieval Guys: How to Live, Laugh, Love, (and Die) in Dark Times, by Patricia Maniaci

Rory Marsden gives us a glimpse into the 13th Century world of Castle Rory through the eyes of his minstrel.