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The world is full of weird phenomena but one of the strangest, and rarest, is…
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Roughly seven centuries in the past, a young man, dubbed “Bocksten Man” met a violent…
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The legend of King Arthur and the Sword in the Stone has captured the imaginations…
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The Gallowglass mercenaries were a fearsome group of warriors who emerged in medieval Ireland, bringing…
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Back in 2012, archaeologists stumbled upon a remarkable find in a parking lot in Leicester,…
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Pious, just and noble, Eric IX of Sweden is often put forward as the model…
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The thumbscrew, dunking, the boot, the breaking wheel, the list of medieval torture devices is…
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History
What Can We Know about the Poet Who Wrote Gawain & the Green Knight?
by Bipin Dimriby Bipin DimriThere are many stories of Arthur and his knights which survive to this day. The…
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Myths & Legends
Your Child Is Not Your Own? The Horrific Tales Of Medieval Changelings
by Bipin Dimriby Bipin DimriMedieval folklore and stories were full of strange people, unnatural beings and evil spirits. One…
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What every exciting tale from history needs is a daring and boisterous hero. Götz von…
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Experts continue studying the mysterious Voynich Manuscript to try to decipher apparent coded language from the early 15th century.