For the crusaders, it wasn’t wearing armor that caused major heat exhaustion but rather dehydration. After all, even the Muslim forces wore armor, so that myth is out the window. Dehydration was a huge problem in the field though. That’s why I wonder how differently crusaders would’ve faired in the
Many know Geoffrey Chaucer as the famous Middle English poet who wrote The Canterbury Tales. But did you know that Chaucer’s life could still be considered extraordinary even if he never wrote that poem? Indeed, he went to war in France, he witnessed and survived the Black Death as well
Why is the West the way it is today? Modern history explains much, but a full picture is impossible without at least knowing these early medieval history highlights. From the Christian conversion of pagan kings to the repeated sieges of Constantinople, let’s explore them. By the end you’ll see why
While reading Conquest of Peru by William H. Prescott, I was astonished to learn that the arquebus (harquebus), a 16th-century matchlock rifle, was used very similarly, at least in terms of tactics on the battlefield, as the English longbow was used in the 14th century. I was astonished because the