Few figures in Islamic history are as polarizing as the seventh Abbasid caliph. A patron of…
Kategoria: Middle Ages
Battle of Svolder: The Fall of Olaf Tryggvason
The September morning of the year 1000 brought the Baltic Sea one of the bloodiest naval…
Viking King Magnus Barefoot: Empire in the Atlantic
History knows many rulers who built their power through decades of careful politics. Magnus III Olavsson…
Alfred the Great: The King Who Resisted the Vikings
In the spring of 878, when Alfred wandered the Somerset marshes with a handful of loyal…
Sigurd I: The Viking King’s Crusade to Jerusalem
At the turn of the 11th and 12th centuries, Norway was just joining the ranks of…
Malcolm II: The Ruthless King of Medieval Scotland
Irish chronicles called him „the Destroyer,” and he himself came to power by murdering his predecessor.…
Magnus the Blind: Norway’s Indomitable King
Medieval Norway was notorious for its brutal methods of removing political opponents, but the fate that…
Norwegian Crusade: King Sigurd’s Forgotten Journey
In 1107, a fleet of sixty ships carrying five thousand warriors set sail from the Norwegian…
Stenkil: The King Who Balanced Faith and Power
In the second half of the 11th century, the Swedish throne was taken by a man…
Shvarn: Forgotten Ruler of Lithuania & Ruthenia
In the 13th century, at the crossroads of Ruthenia, Lithuania, and Poland, a dramatic struggle for…