War and Roses: Battles and Warfare in England's War of the Roses, 1461-1471
Many of the campaigns and major battles which comprise the rich history of the War of the Roses were short in length, lastin…
Little Scottish-Jacobite Rebellion: The First Jacobite Rebellion and the Battle of Glen Shiel 1719
On this day in History in 1719, the Battle of Glen Shiel was fought in the Northwestern highlands of Scotland between Jacobi…
Battle of Lewes 1264 and the Rebellion of Baron Simon de Montfort
On this day in 1264, the Simon de Montfort the Earl of Leicester (b.1208-1265) won a stunning victory over the royal armies …
Book Review: A Short History of the Wars of the Roses by David Grummit
A Short History of the Wars of the Roses. By David Grummit. London: I.B. Tauris, 2013. Distributed in the U.S. and Canada by…
The Boxer Rebellion 1899-1901: Eight Nation Alliance and the Bloody Defeat of the Chinese Boxer 'Braves'
The Boxer rebellion is a most fascinating conflict to study because of the unique nature of the conflict amongst many other …
War on the Scottish Border: The Battles of Otterburn & Homildon Hill, 1388-1402
The violent life of the medieval knight and men-at-arms was defined by the societal structures of feudalism, crucial to the …
