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Dispelling Some Myths: Divorce by combat

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Jul 19, 2023

Dispelling Some Myths: Divorce by combat

It is highly unlikely that Mediæval divorce was ever settled by combat. Yet a handful of sources do mention judicial duels fought between...

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Jul 12, 2023

Dispelling Some Myths: Vomitorium

Dispelling the myths about ancient Roman 'vomitoria'.

Dispelling Some Myths: ‘Duelling’ pistols

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Jul 5, 2023

Dispelling Some Myths: ‘Duelling’ pistols

A beginner's guide to the history of duels and duelling.

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Jun 7, 2023

Horrible History: Horse play

Introduction What follows was inspired by a @HistoryFilmClub tweet shown right. Like many who responded, naming just one historical...

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May 31, 2023

Horrible History: 'Hollywood' Ninja

Introduction What follows was inspired by a @HistoryFilmClub tweet shown right. Like many who responded, naming just one historical...

Dispelling Some Myths: Romans knew about bacteria

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May 17, 2023

Dispelling Some Myths: Romans knew about bacteria

‘10 modern things the Romans had’ is a YouTube video created and hosted by Raffaello Urbani, who is otherwise known as ‘Metatron’. His...

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May 10, 2023

Horrible History: Fight scenes

Introduction What follows was inspired by a @HistoryFilmClub tweet shown right. Like many who responded, naming just one historical...

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May 3, 2023

Horrible History Costume: Oddballs

Introduction What follows was inspired by a @HistoryFilmClub tweet shown right. Like many who responded, naming just one historical...

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Apr 26, 2023

Horrible History Costume: Movie Armour

Introduction What follows was inspired by a @HistoryFilmClub tweet shown right. Like many who responded, naming just one historical...

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Apr 19, 2023

Horrible History Costume: Hair

Introduction What follows was inspired by an @HistoryFilmClub tweet shown right. Like many who responded, naming just one historical...

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Apr 5, 2023

Horrible History: Lighting the way

Introduction What follows was inspired by a @HistoryFilmClub tweet shown right. Like many who responded, naming just one historical...

Horrible History Costume: The ‘Hollywood’ Toga

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Mar 29, 2023

Horrible History Costume: The ‘Hollywood’ Toga

Introduction What follows was inspired by a @HistoryFilmClub tweet shown right. Like many who responded, naming just one historical...

Dispelling Some Myths: Who built the pyramids?

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Mar 22, 2023

Dispelling Some Myths: Who built the pyramids?

One of the more enduring popular ‘myths’ is the idea that the great pyramids at Giza in northern Egypt were constructed (c. 2575 - c....

Dispelling Some Myths: Roman Cheshire Cheese

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Feb 10, 2023

Dispelling Some Myths: Roman Cheshire Cheese

The BBC’s Bargain Hunt has struck again. On this occasion the claim was made that Cheshire cheese was made by the Romans. That was news...

Dispelling Some Myths: ‘Blitzkrieg’ was a ‘thing’

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Dec 20, 2022

Dispelling Some Myths: ‘Blitzkrieg’ was a ‘thing’

‘Blitzkrieg’ is a compound of two German words whose literal translation means ‘lightning war’ [1]. Military historians have defined...

About History: The Who’s Who of Beefeaters

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Dec 8, 2022

About History: The Who’s Who of Beefeaters

It seems nobody knows for certain why the King’s Body Guard of the Yeoman of the Guard are called ‘Beefeaters’. Over the years various...

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Nov 13, 2022

Dispelling Some Myths: 'Trench Art'

One of our favourite sources of entertainment and ideas for this Blog are derived from the BBC’s ‘Bargain Hunt’ television series. As...

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Sep 19, 2022

Dispelling Some Myths: about Pirates

Asked to imagine or indeed to portray a pirate, most people undoubtedly will have a certain look in mind. Who’s now thinking of Johnny...

Dispelling Some Myths: Cleopatra the 'African' Queen

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Sep 13, 2022

Dispelling Some Myths: Cleopatra the 'African' Queen

On August 17th, 2022 the Trimontium Trust (@TrimontiumTrust) reminded Twitter users that Queen Cleopatra of Egypt committed suicide on...

Dispelling Some Myths: Lady Godiva’s naked ride

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Aug 22, 2022

Dispelling Some Myths: Lady Godiva’s naked ride

Did you know the city of Coventry has an official Lady Godiva? To be honest we didn’t until recently when we discovered that Pru Porretta...

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