Under the Hammer: Charles Martel
Surging across the Pyrenees in the 7th century, Muslims faced an immovable Frankish foe in Charles Martel
Book Review: Crusaders
Dan Jones relates the 11th- through 13th-century wars between Christian and Muslim armies for control of the Holy Land
Women of War
From Cleopatra to Elizabeth and Njinga to Meir, strong women have proved every bit as resolute as their male counterparts
This Week in History – March 1–7 – Gutenberg Launches the Renaissance, 1455
In March 1455, the information age of medieval Europe began with Johannes Gutenberg's invention of the printing press.
The Crucible of Antioch: The Pivotal Clash of the First Crusade
Fortunes turned for the opposing Christian and Muslim armies in this pivotal clash of the 1095–99 First Crusade
Book Review: The Viking Wars
Max Adams relates the history of the Norse invasion of the British Isles and their eventual assimilation
Three Dead Kings: War in Morocco
In 1578 English adventurer Thomas Stukeley found himself embroiled in a Moroccan military intrigue with royal overtones and lethal results
Hallowed Ground | Pwll Melyn, Wales
Owain Glyndwr is the preeminent national hero of Wales. From 1400 to 1415 he led a war of independence against the English under King Henry IV
Book Review: The Field of Blood
Nicholas Morton argues that the city of Aleppo (in present-day Syria) was the key to control of the Levant during the Crusades
Book Review: Lützen
Peter Wilson examines the 1632 battle that marked the peak of Sweden's participation in the Thirty Years' War
March 2018 Table of Contents
The March 2018 issue features a cover story about the failed 1565 Muslim Siege of Malta
Bohemian Catastrophe
Sparked by a revolt in Bohemia, the Thirty Years’ War should have ended on a mountaintop near Prague in 1620, yet it dragged on another 28 years
