Biography

The Curious Tale Of Charlemagne’s Son, Pippin the Hunchback

thehistorianshut - January 25, 2023

The Legend Of Duke Wechtari’s Bold Bald Charge

Faroald I, The First Lombard Duke Of Spoleto

The Tale Of Renegade Duke Droctulft

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Ancient

The Tale Of Ning Cheng’s Dramatic Downfall And Resurgence In Ancient China

thehistorianshut - November 25, 2020

Sappho of Lesbos And The Husband Hoax

Did You Know? thehistorianshut - October 21, 2020

Sappho was a woman from the Greek island of Lesbos who prolifically composed songs and poems during the late 7th and early 6th centuries...

Ji An And His Life Of Critiques

Did You Know? thehistorianshut - May 12, 2020

Ji An was an interesting government official of the 2nd century BCE, who served the Han emperors of China. He descended from a prominent...

The Tale Of Mad King Aristobulus I

Did You Know? thehistorianshut - February 14, 2020

When High Priest John Hyrcanus of Jerusalem died in 104 BCE, he was survived by his wife and five sons. The office of high...

Medieval

The Curious Tale Of Charlemagne’s Son, Pippin the Hunchback

thehistorianshut - January 25, 2023

The Legend Of Duke Wechtari’s Bold Bald Charge

Did You Know? thehistorianshut - July 8, 2021

Wechtari was a nobleman from Vicenza who was a trusted figure in the entourage of King Grimoald of the Lombards (r. 662-671). Little is...

Faroald I, The First Lombard Duke Of Spoleto

Did You Know? thehistorianshut - December 23, 2020

Faroald was a nobleman of the Lombard people who followed King Alboin into Italy in 568, seizing a large portion of the Italian peninsula...

The Tale Of A Bold, Zealous, And Crazy Servant From Bigorra

Article thehistorianshut - August 27, 2020

Sometime prior to the year 580, a servant from the region of Bigorra in southern France suddenly disappeared from his post to start a...

Colonial & Modern

Gottfried Leibniz, The Tragic Genius Of The Early Enlightenment

thehistorianshut - July 27, 2017

The Action-Packed Life Of Japan’s Greatest Duelist, Miyamoto Musashi

Article thehistorianshut - May 18, 2017

(Miyamoto Musashi fighting Tsukahara Bokuden, painted by Yoshitoshi (1839–1892), via Creative Commons) Birth of a Legend Around 1584, a boy was born into the...

In The 16th Century, A Self-Proclaimed Prophet Named Melchior Hoffman Thought The World Would End In 1533

Did You Know? thehistorianshut - March 8, 2017

(Print of Melchior Hoffman c 1600, via Creative Commons) Melchior Hoffman (1495-1543) was a German fur trader who spent his time being a missionary...

Martin Luther (1483-1546)

Article thehistorianshut - November 16, 2016

(Portrait of Martin Luther as an Augustinian Monk, from the Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553) , via Creative Commons) On Halloween day,...