Middle Ages
When the Lower Class Fights Back: 12 of History’s Greatest Peasant Revolts
Most people today grew up and live in societies in which concepts such as egalitarianism and equal treatment before the…
You Won’t Believe Why Medieval Peasants Chopped Up Their Dead
When you hear the word "zombie," you probably imagine armies of the dead rising from the grave to eat the…
12 Military Deceptions that Changed the Course of History Forever
Military deception is the art of misleading an enemy during wartime, via information warfare and disinformation, psychological operations, manipulating and…
The Surprising Daily Life in a Sultan’s Harem Revealed
A harem is, on a basic level, a place where women are kept to prevent them from interacting with the…
8 Horrifying Revelations That Will Change Your View of London Forever
Like all European capitals, Britain's bustling metropolis of London has had its fair share of historical drama. Notwithstanding great fires…
12 Generals You Won’t Believe Switched Sides and Defected to the Enemy
Loyalty, duty, honor, and keeping faith with one's side through thick and thin are prized military values, counted among the…
12 Torturous Methods of Execution in History that Will Make You Squirm
In its purest sense, execution should simply be a way of disposing of miscreants so that they can no longer…
8 History Movies that Hollywood Secretly Tampered With
People who rely on Hollywood portrayals of historical figures often find themselves possessed of inaccurate opinions of the person in…
12 of History’s Greatest Back Stabbers and their Dramatic Consequences
According to folk etymology, the term "double-cross", as in deception by some kind of double-dealing, originated with the 18th century…
12 of the Most Unbelievably Strange Deaths of the Renaissance
The one commonality uniting all of mankind, regardless of time, place, race or sex is that sooner or later, everybody…