History Obscura

The Medieval Nun Who Scribbled her Name in the Gospel

Who was "Eadberg", and does she represent a lost class of literate women in medieval England's nunneries? We don't know much yet, but a spark of personality has been discovered in the pages of a 1,200-year-old text!
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The Mayan Caste War

The Mayan people did not disappear; in fact, they fought long and hard for their land and culture, which can once more be seen in Mexico's beautiful Quintana Roo and the Yucatan.
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The Sweating Sickness of the English Renaissance

King Henry VII had a lot on his plate after defeating Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, but he wasn't expecting a new plague to be one of them.
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Satan: Christianity’s Tulpa?

A brief biography of autumn's favourite fallen deity...Satan, Lucifer, or the Devil, if you will!
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The Great Fire of London

One night in 1666, it all started at a bakery in Pudding Lane....
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Plural Worlds: Alien Theory through the Ages

From the Ancient Greeks to modern extraterrestrial and UAP/UFO theory...is there really life out there?
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Lief Erickson’s Viking Saga

Chapter 20 of Henry Myers' amazing historical novel, The Utmost Island! You can now find the entire audio of the book at the Historical Fiction Book Club. More to follow, so subscribe to the feed!
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Hitobashira: Japan’s Human Pillars

Human sacrifice was an architectural feature of feudal Japan, it seems.
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Dickens & Hans Christian Andersen: The Bad Houseguest

Two great authors of the 19th century kept up a friendship writing letters for 9 years--until one day, the fairytale king came to stay with the London novelist.
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DNA & Migration to the Americas--Plus a Bonus/Bogus? Welsh Tale

The timeline for original human migration into the Americas is becoming more complex as researchers explore new ways to track early settlers.
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