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The Battle of Salamis
The Battle of Salamis is one of the major turning points of European History, and one of the great tales of heroic endeavour. Its effect upon u iss thus twofold. September 20, 480 B.C. marks the day that a small alliance...
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Fake Monks and False Envoys: To Live and Lie in the Khan’s Court
It may come as some surprise that a Mongol khan’s encampment was a pretty international place to be. When the Flemish Franciscan, William of Rubruck...
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Mongol invasion of Europe
Introduction
The Mongol invasion of Europe in the 13th century was the conquest of Europe by the Mongol Empire, by way of the destruction of East Slavic principalities, such as Kiev and Vladimir...
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Preparing for a medieval “most honourable feast”
Unlike any earlier writer, Chiquart begins his treatise on cookery with notes on how to organise a “most honourable feast”. These notes at once open a window on the mundane matters on which the success...
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Ancient Greece - Hippocrates, the father of Medicine
Hippocrates embodied the perfect doctor: kind, wise, old, knowledgeable, with a long beard and profound wrinkles around perceptive eyes...
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Education in ancient Egypt
Education in ancient Egypt was similar to modern education, both in style and in curriculum, and recent archaeological evidence verifies this. Images depict children in a classroom...
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The Knights Hospitaller - Defenders of Sick and Injured Pilgrims
In the mid-11th century, a Benedictine abbey was established in Jerusalem by merchants from Amalfi. About 30 years later, a hospital was founded next to the abbey to care for sick...
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The Baptism of Harold Bluetooth
A new source – Avico’s Annals – tells a very different story about the famous conversion and baptism of the Danish Viking King, Harold Bluetooth, in the 960s. Rumours gave been around...
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Fake Monks and False Envoys: To Live and Lie in the Khan’s Court
It may come as some surprise that a Mongol khan’s encampment was a pretty international place to be. When the Flemish Franciscan, William of Rubruck, arrived at Mongke Khan’s court ...
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The wars of the Diadochi
The successor Wars
The four Successor Wars centered on the aspirations of three individuals and their descendants: Antigonus Monophthalmus I (382 - 301 BC), Seleucus I Nicator (358 – 281 BC) and Ptolemy I Soter...
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