Auteur: richardvdven

I think one of the greatest things about writing historical fiction is that you can do field research. Rather than merely going through books and articles it is a lovely change to go out into the field and view what is still left of the world you write about. That is why I will dedicate … Meer lezen over Doing Field Research

Most of us have a clear picture of knights from the Middles Ages, armored from top to toe in heavy plate and mounted on equally formidable horses. And certainly for many centuries heavy cavalry were a prominent feature on medieval battlefields, with the cavalry charge being one of the most devastating military developments of the … Meer lezen over What were different kinds of armor in the High Middle Ages?

A general misgiving about the middle ages is the idea that most people were bound to one place, usually a village and so most people did not travel. Yet at most universities this idea has been disputed for a while now. In fact, a great many immigrants travelled far and wide in search of different … Meer lezen over Immigration and multiculturalism in medieval society

To wonder about the Middle Ages is to wonder about knights. They are often seen as the tanks of this period, the hammer that crushed infantry, archers and annoying rebels, and the flower of the medieval army. Yet what actually made a knight a knight? And where did knights come from? In this blog I … Meer lezen over What was the origin of medieval knights?