This book explores the political and military history of the Ottoman Empire, tracing its rise in the fourteenth century through to the latter half of the sixteenth. It offers detailed accounts of major battles and sieges, with a particular focus on conflicts against European powers.
This article explores how the crusade emerged as a distinct medieval institution, shaped by ideas of holy war, just war, and penance.
The daughter of King Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine, Joanna of England lived a life deeply entangled in the turbulent politics of the Angevin Empire.
In my previous articles on Byzantine video games, my desire was that it should be a city builder game. However, in this day and age, that is very niche genre. Such a game can be very popular in that niche but it will stay within that community and not have much influence. One can see […]
Explore how medieval beliefs about demons, witchcraft, and sex shaped centuries of theology, persecution, and fantasy—revealing the dark origins of one of history’s most persistent tropes.
拜占庭帝国在现代社会中的认知被忽视，原因包括其与罗马帝国的关联不强，且教育系统对其历史关注不足。尽管历史贡献巨大，尤其在文化与制度改革方面，杰出的成就却常因偏见而被误解，急需通过教育和普及提高公众意识。
这篇文章提供了三个问题，用于比较拜占庭帝国和宋朝。首先，探讨两国的政府结构及皇帝权力与官僚冲突。其次，分析官僚制度的不同要求，最后，比较两国的经济结构与表现，揭示各自的优势和劣势。
主题：经济与贸易
This is my first eBook on Byzantine history. It is not long but it is simply a published essay in which I make the case for studying Byzantine history. I have been writing about Byzantine history for a couple of years now and I have to say that it is great to see more interest […]
Serbia is one of the greatest countries in the Balkans. Every country in that region has its own culture and unique style but the Serbs are in a league of their own. This image was seen on Pinterest, and I immediately put it on my Pinterest boards. I was intrigued by the costumes and the […]
The original name of this site was Byzantine Books. I have since changed it multiple times as I sought to change my focus. It is now a history website that is devoted to mostly Byzantine history; Balkans history is also of a great interest to me and features on this site.
With the emergence of the first city states came the first cases of organized warfare and campaigns of conquest, as well as developments in arms and armour. Theme: Bronze Age warfare Matthew Marsh, 'Bronze Age kingdoms and warfare - an introduction'. Murray Dahm, 'The Dendra Panoply - A warrior encased in bronze'. Murray Dahm, 'Bronze Age bloodshed - The battle of the Tollense Valley'. Murray Dahm, 'The Hittites hit back - The Battle of Ganuvara'. Features: Joanne Ball, 'Life begins at forty - The tombstone of Gaius Valerius Victor'. Mattia Caprioli, 'There and back again - From gladius to spatha'. Sidney Dean, 'Bellum Neronis - Gaius Julius Vindex challenges Nero'. Svenja Fabian, 'Ancient edutainment - Gladiators in the legions'. Javier Garcia de Gabiola 'When the Spanish almost finished off Caesar - The battle of Munda, 45 BC'. Robert Holmes, 'Marvellous marching Macedonians - Psychological warfare on Pelion plain'. Mark McCaffery, 'With one word - Quirites'. Pavel Vaverka, 'Pick your arrow - The Assyrian war of war'.
