“Governing under the authority of God our empire which was delivered to us by the Heavenly Majesty, we both conduct wars successfully and render peace honorable, and we uphold the condition of the state. We so lift up our minds toward the help of the omnipotent God that we do not place our trust in […]
Category Archives: Europe
The Greenland Vikings – Land of the Midnight Sun
The Fall of Civilizations has produced a most excellent documentary on The Greenland Vikings – Land of the Midnight Sun: “One of the most unlikely tales of a society’s fall is the incredible saga of the Vikings of Greenland. Find out how these European settlers built a society on the farthest edge of their world, […]
Why is Belgium a country?
Knowledgia asks ‘Why is Belgium a country?’
Martyrdom of Saint Maurice and the Theban Legion
Kings and Generals presents an animated historical documentary video on “the martyrdom of Saint Maurice and the Theban Legion.” This video tells the story of the Theban Legion “which was supposedly massacred due to the adoption of Christianity,” and incidental to discussing the tragic event, Kings and Generals also explores related events that “happened during […]
Did the Trojan War Really Happen?
Kings and Generals explains “the historicity of the conflict between Trojans and the Greeks depicted in the immortal Iliad of Homer.” Though taken as myth, and likely apt to entail creative license and contrivance, Homer’s Illiad most likely contains a modicum of truth, and the mythology emanated from real events four-hundred years prior to the […]
The Strategikon of Maurice
Kings and Generals explains “the evolution of the Roman Army” with an eye to “the Army of the Eastern Roman Empire – the Byzantine Empire.” This video focuses “on Strategikon of Maurice – the army manual that defined the structure, training and tactics of the Byzantine army.” Related Articles: “Take Me Back to Constantinople,” Foreign […]
How the Norse became Christian and the Christianization of Scandinavia
Kings and Generals explains how the Norse became Christian and the subsequent Christianization of Scandinavia. The conversion was precipitated by the pagan Scandinavians’ conflict with Christian Anglo-Saxons, Britons, and Franks to the south and west. The picture above depicts ‘Ansgar Preaches the Christian Doctrine in Sweden” by Hugo Hamilton (1830).
How the Rus (Russians) became Christian
Kings and Generals explains the origins of the Gothic / Germanic (Deutsche) peoples. Picture above depicts ‘Ivan Eggink’s painting represents Vladimir listening to the Orthodox priests, while the papal envoy stands aside in discontent.’
Origin of the Germanic Tribes.
Kings and Generals explains the origins of the Gothic / Germanic (Deutsche) peoples. Picture above depicts ‘Athanaric and Valens on the Danube River.’
Why did the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth collapse?
Knowledgia asks ‘Why did the Lithuanian Commonwealth collapse?’