What the Romans Found: The Belgae
The presence of the Belgae in southern Britain must have been small surprise to Julius Caesar. He had run up against them in his...
Pagan Easter Traditions
By accepting ancient pagan practices, it was easier for pagans to accept Christianity. There were many parallel stories about resurrected gods and heroes in...
Mount Badon: Arthur’s Greatest Victory
The Saxons had been raging around the countryside for years. The Britons had been fighting them off as best they could, but the hordes...
Nennius and Arthur’s 12 Battles
Sometime in the 9th century (most scholars say c. 830), a monk named Nennius wrote the Historia Brittonum. This History of the Britons goes...
Mount Badon: The Importance of the High Ground
It doesn’t really matter what Mount Badon really was for the purposes of this discussion. Rather, it matters what it was.
Mount Badon was a...
Italian Renaissance – St. Peter’s Basilica – The Church to End all Churches
It´s one of the most beloved success stories of Renaissance Italian art and architecture. A stroll through St. Peter´s Basilica and the Vatican museums...
Constantine and the Arian Heresy
When both parties of the Arian controversy appealed to Constantine, the emperor convened a council at Nicaea and participated in the deliberations ending the...
Jewish Revenge Against Germans in Nazi Europe
The German guards were positioned in front of the Gestapo building in Warsaw. A pretty girl with big blue eyes shyly walked up to...
The Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I and the Austrian Habsburgs
Emperor Ferdinand I of the Holy Roman Empire (1503–1564) established the Austrian branch of the Habsburg dynasty as inheritors of the imperial title. He...
Where did Father Christmas or Santa Claus originate?
Who is that jolly, portly fellow with the red suit, the long white beard and the sleigh pulled by reindeer?
Everyone knows the big guy,...