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Chester Ollivier

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Chester is a contributing history writer, with a First Class Honours degree BA (Hons) in History from Northumbria University. He is from the North East of England, and an avid Middlesbrough FC supporter.
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European History

Why 1492 Was By Far Spain’s Most Controversial Year

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St Dominic, Cathars, and a fortified city
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Why Was a Crusade Launched Against the European Cathars?

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Portrait of Wycliffe and Cobham's execution
History

How the Medieval Religious Movement of the Lollards Laid the Seeds of the Reformation

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Medieval siege warfare and trebuchet diagram
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How Medieval Siege Weapons Worked and Why They Were So Effective

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Justinian I mosaic and Jerusalem siege illustration
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How Did the Byzantine Empire Shape the Medieval World?

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Medieval jousting tournament illustration
History

What Happened at a Medieval Tournament?

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portrait of Pepin the Short
History

How the Papal States Grew to Become a Medieval Superpower

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A Bologna University class by Laurentius de Voltolina
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What Did Students Learn at a Medieval University?

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Jan Hus and martyrdom illustration
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Why Was Jan Hus, the Doomed Reformer, So Controversial?

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gustave dore childrens crusade
History

Did Children Really Go to War?

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Modern portrait and 1550 depiction of Philip IV
History

Philip IV, the Iron King of France

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Henry III, c. 13th century
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Henry III, England’s Underrated Medieval Monarch

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Medieval king and battle
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The Life and Reign of Louis IX, the Saint King of France

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William the Conqueror amidst his army
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Was England’s First Norman King Popular?

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