Early History: c 500 to c 1450/1500

A series of natural disasters in the Orient during the 14th century caused the most devastating period of death and destruction in European history...

Richard III remains one of the most controversial rulers in history. Whether he was guilty of murdering his nephews or not is a mystery that perhap...

The last Ice Age, which came to an end about 12,000 years ago, swept the bands of hunter gatherers from the face of the land that was to become Bri...

The Ottoman Empire ruled the near East, dominated the Mediterranean, and terrorized Europe for centuries. However, its origins are obscure. The Beg...

Sometimes it takes just one strong woman to tame a pack of zealous men. Meet Margaret of Sicily.For five years during the twelfth century, Margaret...

Spanish monarchs recognized the jurisdictions of many self-governing corporate groups, including Jews and Muslims on the peninsula, indigenous peop...

In Masters of Empire, the historian Michael A. McDonnell reveals the vital role played by the native peoples of the Great Lakes in the history of N...

Arriving in Europe in the 14th century, the Qipchaq Tatars are the longest surviving Muslim people in Europe. They form the historical core of the ...

Morkinskinna (rotten parchment), the first full-length chronicle of the kings of medieval Norway (1030-1157), forms the basis of the Icelandic chro...

Many people know about Wessex, the Last Kingdom of the AngloSaxons to fall to the Northmen, but another kingdom, Mercia, once enjoyed supremacy ove...

From when the Empress Jingo-kogo led an invasion of Korea while pregnant with the future Emperor Ojin, tales of female Japanese warriors have emerg...

This casebook fills a major gap in our cultural knowledge of the Middle Ages. It gathers together for the first time the key historical and literar...