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
Book Review: The Templars
Dan Jones peers behind the veil of the secretive Crusades-era Knights Templar
