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The Battle of Agincourt: the English longbow against the French cavalry
The Battle of Agincourt, fought in 1415 during the Hundred Years' War, pitted the army of Henry V of England against a numerically superior French force.
The mud, troop organization, and the effect...
Henry V's campaign in France in 1415
The Battle of Agincourt took place on October 25, 1415, during the Hundred Year...

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The Hundred Years' War
The Hundred Years' War pitted England and France against each other for over a century over territorial and succession disputes.
Throughout its different stages, there were major English victories,...
Causes of the Hundred Years' War
The Hundred Years' War was a conflict between England and France that began in 1337...

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William the Conqueror: From Bastard to King of England
From his birth in medieval Normandy to the conquest of England in 1066, William the Conqueror built his power through military campaigns, political alliances, and a firm defense of his dynastic rig...
William's Origins and His Illegitimate Birth
William the Conqueror was born around 1027 or 1028 in Falaise, a town i...

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How to Get Started in Historical Reenactment: A Beginner’s Guide
Are you interested in historical reenactment?
Discover how to get started step by step, from choosing an era and doing your research to preparing your clothing, budgeting, and finding historical re...
What is historical reenactment?
Historical reenactment is a cultural activity that seeks to represent how people liv...

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Antiquity: expansion and conflicts of great powers
Antiquity was marked by conquests, wars, and struggles for power among great powers.
In this historical journey, we review five events linked to the month of October: the conquest of Babylon by Ale...
Conquests, wars and power shifts in the ancient world
Antiquity was marked by the expansion of great powers that com...

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The Battle of Hastings: William of Normandy against Harold II
How could a single battle change the destiny of England forever?
On October 14, 1066, two armies clashed in a fight for the English crown in which strategy, endurance, and decisions made in the hea...
The conflict that decided who would rule England in 1066
The Battle of Hastings took place on October 14, 1066, and ...

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Significant events for medieval military orders that took place between the 13th and 14th centuries, in October
Discover the most relevant events of the medieval military orders during the 13th and 14th centuries.
From the leadership of Hermann von Salza and the Battle of La Forbie to the rivalries in Acre a...
October brings together decisive dates for the military orders
Between the 13th and 14th centuries, the military ord...

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Almanzor: the warlord who made the Christian kingdoms tremble
Almanzor was one of the great military leaders of al-Andalus and the man who turned Córdoba into a powerful military force at the end of the 10th century.
Although he never became caliph, he contro...
Almanzor, the man who turned Córdoba into a great military power
More than a thousand years ago, the Iberian Peninsu...

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Crusades and Christian expansion in the East and the Peninsula
The Crusades left a profound mark on the history of the 12th and 13th centuries, both in the East and on the Iberian Peninsula, as military campaigns and clashes between Christian and Muslim powers...
Conflicts and territorial changes during the Crusades
During the 12th and 13th centuries, the Crusades were related ...







