Tag: Medieval History
-
Medieval Marvels: The Sainte-Chapelle
I recently had the pleasure of visiting Paris for a weekend, and with my limited time I knew I needed to go and visit a stunning medieval marvel that I’ve wanted to see for years. My visit most certainly did not disappoint, and so I had to share the history of this wonderful place with…
-
Book Review: “I, Christine” by Marcia Maxwell
Having spent the last few months deep in the quagmires of finishing my third book, I haven’t had much time for anything apart from working and writing. So, when the opportunity came for me to read for pleasure again, I was glad to already have a book sitting and waiting on my bookshelf. It was…
-
An Interview With: Ari Ryan, Medieval Reenactor
We have a great guest today for our Interview With series: Ari Ryan. Ari is a medieval reenactor and living historian and has participated in living history and reenactment activities both professionally and as a hobby since 2006. Under the moniker “The Turnip of Terror” Ari has established himself in the medieval living history and…
-
Royal People: Mansa Musa, The World’s Richest Man?
If I told you to guess who the richest person who has ever lived was, you would probably think of a modern billionaire. Someone like Bill Gates, Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos. But what if I told you that there was an African king who lived 700 years ago whose wealth made theirs pale in…
-
Medieval Mythbusting: Did People Believe the World was Flat?
The general public knows bits about the medieval period. Unfortunately, the general public think they know a lot about the medieval period. Whilst we start learning about this time in our history at school, a lot of what people pick up comes from popular media, in particular films and television series. And, even worse, from…
-
Historical Figures: Edward Montagu, Knightly Criminal
Today I am pleased to be hosting another fantastic guest post, this time by author Louise Wyatt. Louise has loved history since discovering Dunster Castle in Somerset aged six years old. Reading and writing as soon as school started, Louise has published three local history books between 2017 and 2018 and more recently, A History of…
-
Royal People: Princess Nest, Wales’ Romanticised Heroine?
People love a good story. And when real life seems to mirror tales of old, then we can get caught up in it all and conflate them into our own romanticised version. One woman who this certainly applies to is Princess Nest ferch Rhys who, since the 19th century, has been known as “Helen of…
-
An Interview With: Thilde Kold Holdt, Historical Fantasy Author
I am very excited to have another fantastic guest on Just History Posts for our interview series, Thilde Kold Holdt. Thilde is a Viking, traveller and a polygot fluent in Danish, French, English and Korean. As a writer, she is an avid researcher. This is how she first came to row for hours upon hours…
-
Royston Cave: An Unexplained Enigma
Humans have been drawn to caves since their earliest days. Places of shelter, they sometimes evolved into something new: places of burial, religious ritual, to record one’s history on its walls. Many mysterious workings of humankind have been found across the world, and one English cave adds to this tradition. Royston is a small town…
-
Book Review: “River Kings” by Cat Jarman
I like to keep ideas fresh on Just History Posts, and for a while I have toyed with the idea of writing book reviews. As I write history books myself, I read lots of snippets of books and articles for my work, which means for a while now I haven’t actually read many history books…
Just History Posts 