# Assassins
Assassins: The Medieval Murder Cult That Terrorized the Middle East
Long before modern Middle Eastern terrorism, there was the medieval Order of Assassins, a murderous cult led by a mysterious figure known as "The Old Man of the Mountain". The first European…
History’s Most Bizarre Rituals & Beliefs
Belief in just what the shoe represents culturally varies, depending on just where you are. In some parts of the…
Medieval Peasants Worked Fewer Hours Than Modern Americans
Life was no bed of roses for medieval peasants. They lived in cramped quarters, lacked many amenities we take for…
Historic Groups that Started Innocent then Took an Evil Turn
Most of the time, people are not evil. Especially as individuals. But gather people together, and between group dynamics, opportunism,…
History’s Out of the Ordinary Radicals
In 1946, Brazil’s government prohibited the country’s newspapers from mentioning Japan’s defeat in the recently concluded Second World War. The…
10 Assassins and Their Victims in Europe and America
The dictionary definition of an assassin is “the murderer of an important person in a surprise attack for political or…
12 Knights and Famous Figures from Medieval Times that Will Blow Your Mind
The Medieval era stretched from the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD to the dawn…
11 Mysterious Secret Societies That People Know Very Little About
We all love a secret. There can be few better feelings than knowing something that everyone else doesn’t, so it…
“Gavrilo Princip” Following His Father’s Legacy, Shot The Austro Hungarian Prince
Gavrilo Princip was 19 years old when he assassinated the Archduke of Austria and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg.…