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Its emperor Mansa Musa was placed on medieval European maps of Africa with description: "The king is the richest and most noble because his country abounds in gold." Under him, the empire reached its ...

The bloody struggles to be crowned King of Scots. The bitter and bloody struggles to win (and retain) the Scottish throne. The brutal and bloody business of taking, and retaining, the Scottish throne.

Red means love, passion and all things fiery, naturally.

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Scotland and England are two nations divided by their experience of history. That divide was never wider than during the Wars ...

Could we have been commemorating the wrong date of Magna Carta all along? Speaking on an episode of the HistoryExtra podcast, ...

What happens when a continent is torn apart by a hundred years of war, while another flourishes with trade, innovation, and ...

From muscle-bound castles to lavish manor houses, the world is filled with fine stately homes – and many of them happen to be ...

The best fantasy shows offer exciting new realms and character-driven stories worth binging, from Game of Thrones to Buffy ...

One of the most beautiful castles in Europe and likely the most recognizable in the world, Neuschwanstein served as the ...

Whatever it is about medieval England that fired up a metalhead from Old Kilpatrick to start writing historical novels, it’s clearly potent ...