Entry taken from the book The Plantagenets William Wallace, an obscure minor Scottish nobleman, had made his fortune after defeating the English army at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297. As a result, he had been appointed Warden from Scotland. After their victory against the English at Stirling
Entry taken from the book The Plantagenets A few months ago, the body of English King Richard III was buried in Leicester. It may surprise you that the remains of a king who died in 1485 are buried in 2015. This is the story.In 2012, a group of researchers from the University of Leicester led by Ric
Entry taken from the book The Plantagenets Contrary to what literature and cinema have told us, John the Landless was a much more important king in the history of England than his famous older brother Richard the Heart of Lion. John not only reigned longer and with more presence and dedication to E
Entry taken from the book The Plantagenets It may seem surprising, but for almost three hundred years, the English who attended a trial in their country found that judges and lawyers did not speak in the language brought to the country by the Anglo-Saxons and that most English spoke, but in French.
Entry taken from the book The Plantagenets On December 29, 1170, four English knights entered Canterbury Cathedral and murdered Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, in cold blood. This article aims to analyze the causes and consequences of this momentous event. In 1154, Henry II, the first P
Entry taken from the book The Plantagenets Nottingham Castle is well known for tales involving Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham. These stories are still an interesting fictional story. However, in Nottingham Castle, two centuries after the legend of Robin Hood, a true story took place that i
Entry taken from the book The Plantagenets The war name of the Roses refers to the dynastic conflict that took place in England between 1455 and 1485 and that confronted the houses of York and Lancaster, rival branches of the Plantagenet dynasty. The name War of the Roses comes from the symbols of b
Entry taken from the book The Plantagenets The conquest of Wales was an old desire of the English kings, but the orographic difficulties and the guerrilla warfare strategy followed by the Welsh who systematically avoided open field battles, hindered the conquest sought by the English. One of these
Entry taken from the book The Plantagenets In the last blog entry, Edward I of England vs. Llywelyn Prince of Wales, we had left the latter kneeling before the former to pay homage to him at Westminster on Christmas Day 1277. From then on there were a few years of unsettled balance between the dimi
Entry taken from the book The Plantagenets In the last of the series of posts that we are dedicating in the blog to the conquest of Wales by England (see the posts Edward I of England against Llywelyn Prince of Wales and Edward I, Wales and the Arthurian legends) we had noted that in March 1282 ther
Entry taken from the book The Plantagenets In the last entry of the series that we are dedicating to the conquest of Wales by England (Origin of the title Prince of Wales to designate the heir to the English throne) we pointed out that years after the integration of Wales into the English crown prod
Entry taken from the book The Plantagenet In 1377, only ten years old, Richard II became King of England after the death of his grandfather Edward III; Ricardo inherits the throne because before his grandfather died his father The Black Prince had done it. We dedicate an article to both character
Entry taken from the book The Plantagenets On May 14, 2014, the 750th anniversary of the Battle of Lewes (1264) was commemorated in England, considered by many as the milestone that constitutes the direct precedent of the current democracy English parliamentarian. To understand the importance of thi
Entry taken from the book The Plantagenet In some blog posts we have talked about the crucial moment that the conquest of England by the Normans meant for the history of the British country (see the post dedicated to the year 1066). After the settlement of the Normans on the English throne there was
Entry taken from the book The Plantagenets. In some blog posts we have dealt with issues related to the formidable English King Edward I, either from the time when his father Henry III still reigned and he was the heir to the crown (see the entries dedicated to the battle of Lewes and Simon de Montf
Entry taken from the book The Plantagenets On August 22, 1485, one of the most decisive battles in the history of England took place. He faced the troops of King Richard III and those of Henry Tudor. The defeat and death of the first and the victory of the second marked the end of the reign of the P
Entry taken from the book The Plantagenets The war that for one hundred and sixteen years (1337-1453) confronted France and England in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries is known as the «Hundred Years War» . Battles took place in that war (Crécy, Poitiers, Agincourt) and distinguished characters
Entry extracted from the book The Plantagenets In some blog post we have talked about the war that with the name of war of the Roses faced in England the houses of York and Lancaster in the fifteenth century. After the Battle of Tekesbury in 1471, the House of York managed to prevail over its rival
Entry taken from the book The Plantagenets The story of Robin Hood and his Saxon archers harassing the dominant Norman forces of John Landless and the Sheriff of Nottingham from Sherwood Forest has been the subject of repeated attention by literature and cinema and is well known. Also in the backgro
Entry taken from the book The Plantagenets Juan Sin Tierra has gone down in history as a devious character, hated by his people, capable of betraying his brother Ricardo Corazón de León and conspiring so that he would not return from his captivity in Austria after his return from the Crusades. Novel
As professional martial artist, edged weapon designer, and close combat specialist Doug Marcaida puts it, sir, his weapon will kill «. And if he kills, he will kill anyone regardless of his religious affiliation. Well, no, either because of the instructions for use of its inventor or because it was
Inspired by the martial art of the Empires two main rivals at the time, the Germans and the nomads of the East, the eminent general Belisarius conceived the idea of finding the antidote, which was none other than the dual-role cavalry . The new cavalry he intended to assemble had to have suffic
The leadership of the Armed Forces in Greece, in 1974, has serious responsibilities for the non-reinforcement of Cyprus after the invasion of Turkey on the island. They are also responsible for the fact that with the coup they left gaps in the islands defense. Political responsibilities also arise f
Philip IV, known as the Beautiful, king of France from 1285 to 1314, owes his nickname to his immense stature and the beauty of his impassive face. “It is neither a man nor a beast, it is a statue .” said of him the French prelate Bernard Saisset. His reign is considered by historians to be one of t