Sign up for the festive get-together in London on December 16th using the link in this email On the evening of December 16th I will be reading at a special Substack festive get-together in central London.
…and other seldom-seen treasures from the UK National Archives Last night I had an amazing time at the UK National Archives in Kew. The event was a discussion of my book Henry V. But this was a talk with a twist.
How the rapidly evolving field of archaeogenetics is unlocking secrets of the past
Thousands of fantastical bronzes are beginning to reveal the secrets of a legendary Chinese dynasty
How gladiators in ancient Anatolia lived to entertain the masses
Post your questions for this month’s open video Q&A It’s another busy week on book tour, but I want to make some time to do our monthly Q&A.
Rediscovering remarkable historical figures such as the Birka Warrior Woman, Hildegard of Bingen, and King Jadwiga offers a fresh perspective to understand an era often dismissed as ‘nasty, brutish, and short’.
This remarkable text captures a dialogue between a Parisian Master of Theology and a Beguine, recorded in the late 13th century.
Björn Weiler, a Professor of History at Aberystwyth University, and a leading scholar of medieval European political history, has passed away.
Here are 30 popular English sayings that we inherited from the Middle Ages.
Exploring the tense and evolving rivalry between Christians and Jews in medieval Europe, this examination reveals how religious confrontations transformed into a deep-seated anti-Semitic ideology. What began as theological disputes increasingly took on racial overtones, laying the groundwork for a form of hatred that would persist and evolve into the modern era.
