During my time with Helium, I found many opportunities to write on other historical subjects, from the Middle Ages to the modern world. On this page, I have grouped the medieval subjects together, followed by other historical articles. A third group is for items that belong to other fields of study entirely, from physical anthropology to Shakespeare studies.
Feudalism in Europe During the Middle Ages
Biography: King Ethelred II (The Unready)
Arms and Armor of the Medieval Knight
Events That Led to the Battle of Hastings
An Overview of the Battle of Stamford Bridge, 1066
Consequences of William the Conqueror’s Victory at Hastings
The Immediate Cause of the First Crusade
The Aftermath of the Second Crusade
Why Saladin’s Victory at the Battle of Hattin Was a Turning Point in the History of the Crusades
An Overview of the Knights Templar
Who Were the Teutonic Knights?
What Was the Albigensian Crusade?
Battle Tactics of Genghis Khan
A Brief History of the Wars of the Roses
An Overview of the Battle of Bosworth Field
An Overview of the Spanish Armada
Bohemia in the Outbreak of the Thirty Years’ War
The Role of Sweden in the Thirty Years’ War
England’s Witch Hunt 1645-1647
An Introduction to the Battle of the Boyne
Captain John Avery: The Arch-Pirate
Why Lord Nelson Won the Battle of Trafalgar
An Overview of the Battle of Borodino
An Overview of the Congress of Vienna, 1814-15
Famous US Generals of the Civil War
Civil War Food: What Is Hard Tack?
Lewis Armistead’s Role in the Civil War
A History of the Battle of Chancellorsville
Pickett’s Charge and the Battle of Gettysburg
History of the Little Bighorn National Monument
Background to the Spanish-American War, 1898
Chronology of the Anglo-Boer War
The History of the German Empire in the 20th Century
The Fate of the Kulaks in Stalin’s Soviet Union
The Russian Revolution as an Origin of the Cold War
How to Recognize Prehistoric Stone Age Tools
Which Came First: Language or Culture? Language
How to Make Speaking a Second Language Natural and Automatic
How Kenneth Branagh Has Made Shakespeare More Accessible
Shakespeare on Film: Kenneth Branagh’s Henry V
Shakespeare on Film: Oliver Parker’s Othello
Who Is Polonius from Hamlet by William Shakespeare?
Literary Analysis: A Summary of Dracula by Bram Stoker
A Visitor’s Guide to Deadwood, South Dakota