16 Feb 2024 Grand Alliances: The Anglo-French War 1294 – 1303 By David Pilling History & Tradition 0 In 1294, after almost 30 years of peace, England and France went to war. This sowed the seeds of the conflict known as the Hundred Years War, the era of the longbow and the famous Battles of Crécy and Agincourt. Despite a string of English... Read More
14 Feb 2024 Unlawful Love - Queen Anne Boleyn – Witch or Not? By Sylvia Barbara ... History & Tradition 0 Queen Anne Boleyn, King Henry VIII’s second wife, was executed on 19 May 1536 on charges of adultery with five men, including her own brother, and plotting the King’s death. She was believed to have practiced “unlawful love” or witchcraft... Read More
05 Feb 2024 Clash Of Kings: England’s Edward Longshanks Versus France’s Philip The Fair By David Pilling History & Tradition 0 The Anglo-French war of 1294-1303 has not been the subject of a major study since the early 1900s. Recent histories tend to treat it as a sideshow compared to King Edward I’s wars in Wales and Scotland, which gives a false impression. In reality... Read More
29 Jan 2024 Ecce Homo - The Julius Caesar Murder Mystery By Robert Garland History & Tradition 0 Julius Caesar’s assassination is the best-documented account of any murder committed in the ancient world, and the Ides of March, the day of his murder, is the only day in Roman antiquity that can be re-constructed on an almost hour-by-hour... Read More
17 Jan 2024 The Constantinian Dynasty - Five Successors, One Victorious Emperor By Mario Bartolini History & Tradition 0 The Tetrarchy, inaugurated in 285 AD by Emperor Diocletian, had been instituted mainly with the intent of mitigating successions tribulations such as those that had plagued the third century. But the system began to breakdown in 306 when Emperor... Read More