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The Council of Constance and Jan Hus: When Secular Support is What Lies Between Life and Death

By: David Tubbs

The Destruction of the Knights Templar: The Guilty French King and the Scapegoat Pope

By: David Tubbs

The Black Prince: Edward of Woodstock, a Celebrated Medieval Knight

By: John Izzard

Battle of Verneuil 1424: A Second Agincourt

By: John Izzard

The Decline of the Medieval Knight: How Gunpowder Weaponry Rendered the Knight Obsolete in Battle

By: James Jackson

The Avignon Papacy: Babylonian Captivity of the Church 1309 - 1377

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

Natural Magic And Modern Science: Magic’s Role in the Development of Contemporary Scientific Theory

By: Jessica Sprunt

Book Review – Scottish Baronial Castles 1250-145: Author Michael Brown, Illustrated by Adam Hook.

By: Feature Writer Rachel Bellerby

Martin Luther's Doctrinal Break With the Church: Luther's Reformation

By: Andrew Meeres

John Wycliffe and the English Catholic Church: Lollard Influences on the Ministry of Jan Huss in Bohemia

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

Hanseatic League Dominance in Northern Germany: Trade Monopolies and Merchant Associations in Early Modern Europe

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

The Black Death in 14th Century Europe: Danse Macabe and the Results of Bubonic Plague

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

The Wakefield Cycle: The Towneley Mystery Plays, Including the Second Shepherd’s Play

By: Feature Writer Rachel Bellerby

The Battle of Towton, England, 1461: The Bloodiest Conflict of the War of the Roses

By: Feature Writer Rachel Bellerby

Cannibalism in Pre Modern Europe: Motives and Explanations For Abnormal Human Behavior

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

Tomas de Torquemada: The grand Inquisitor of the Inquisition in Spain

By: Deanna Proach

The Spanish Inquisition: Reasons for the Inquisition

By: Deanna Proach

Britain in the Later Middle Ages: Edited by SH Rigby – Book Review

By: Feature Writer Rachel Bellerby

Joan of Arc: The Maid of Orleans

By: Deanna Proach

The Coronation of Edward II: A Monumental Blunder?

By: Carolyn M Cash

Elizabeth Wydville Queen-Dowager: Henry VII's Mother-in-law

By: Carolyn M Cash

Elizabeth Wydville and Richard III: Dame Grey, lately calling herself the Queen of England

By: Carolyn M Cash

Elizabeth Wydville In Sanctuary: Henry VI's Readeption and Edward IV's Restoration

By: Carolyn M Cash

Henry Virtuous Prince by David Starkey: Book Review – Book on the Childhood of Henry VIII

By: Feature Writer Rachel Bellerby

Elizabeth Wydville: Queen-Consort of Edward IV of England

By: Carolyn M Cash

The Princes In The Tower: The Mystery Surrounding Edward IV's Sons

By: Carolyn M Cash

The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England: A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century by Ian Mortimer

By: Feature Writer Rachel Bellerby

The Last Queen – A Novel – Book Review: Historical Fiction by C W Gortner

By: Feature Writer Rachel Bellerby

Monasteries and Society in the British Isles: Book Review - Book Edited by Janet Burton and Karen Stober

By: Feature Writer Rachel Bellerby

The Peasants' Revolt of 1381: Fourteenth Century Poll Tax Riots in England

By: Feature Writer Rachel Bellerby

The Battle for Christendom Book Review: The Council of Constance 1415 & the Struggle to Unite Against Islam

By: Feature Writer Rachel Bellerby

The Princes in the Tower Review: Alison Weir’s Latest Book

By: Feature Writer Rachel Bellerby

'The Siege' Book Review: By Ismail Kadare, Man Booker Prize Winner

By: Feature Writer Rachel Bellerby

The Black Death Book Review: ‘A Personal History’ by John Hatcher

By: Feature Writer Rachel Bellerby

The Black Death: Bubonic, pneumonic and septicemic Plague in the Fourteenth Century

By: Feature Writer Rachel Bellerby

The Gutenberg Bible: Generally Considered to be the First Mass-Produced Book

By: Darlene Vaillancourt

Archery in the Middle Ages: The Medieval Archer on the Battlefield

By: Feature Writer Rachel Bellerby

The Medieval Craft Guilds: Trade Associations in the Middle Ages

By: Feature Writer Rachel Bellerby

Richard III and Middleham Castle: The Childhood Home of the Last Plantagenet King

By: Feature Writer Rachel Bellerby

Medieval Apocalypse: Black Death: What was the plague?

By: Anastacia Prisbrey

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