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Robin Hood: A True Legend
'Superb ... reveals the real history behind the myths' Saul DavidThe legend of Robin Hood has gripped the popular imagination ever since his exploits were first told in the Middle …
Bad King John
'Bad' King John has the unenviable widespread reputation of being the worst king ever to sit on the throne of England. While many historians have tried to portray the king in a …
By Fire and Sword
Kill Them All
The bloody Albigensian Crusade launched against the Cathar heretics of southern France in the early thirteenth century is infamous for its brutality and savagery, even by the …
Blood Cries Afar
150 years after the Norman Conquest, history came within a hair's breadth of repeating itself. In 1216, taking advantage of the turmoil created in England by King John's inept …
Blood Cries Afar
150 years after the Norman Conquest, history came within a hair’s breadth of repeating itself. In 1216, taking advantage of the turmoil created in England by King John’s inept …
By Sword and Fire
Sean McGlynn investigates the reality of medieval warfare. For all the talk of chivalry, medieval warfare routinely involved acts which we would consider war crimes. Lands laid …
Control Freak
Kill Them All
The bloody Albigensian Crusade launched against the Cathar heretics of southern France in the early thirteenth century is infamous for its brutality and savagery, even by the …
Image and Perception of Monarchy in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
Monarchy is an enduring institution that still makes headlines today. It has always been preoccupied with image and perception, never more so than in the period covered by this …
King John and Magna Carta
After becoming king in 1199, resentment grew and grew at the inept way John dealt with financial issues until matters came to a head with his barons.John lost his military …