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Historical fiction, long-form essays, and deep analysis examining power, institutions, and the mechanisms of historical change.
📖 FEATURED WORKS
The King’s Crossing
A Medieval Historical Novel
Through the eyes of those who built, fought for, and ultimately fled a collapsing kingdom, The King’s Crossing explores what happens when institutional legitimacy erodes—and why some structures survive while others collapse.
🎙️ PODCAST SERIES
The Peasants’ Revolt Series
Ten-Part Documentary Series | March–July 2026
The Great Rising of 1381 wasn’t a tax rebellion by desperate, starving peasants. It was a sophisticated assault on a corrupt legal system by a newly prosperous class that had tasted freedom and refused to surrender it.
Latest Episodes:
- Episode 2: The Corruption Machine (1351-1377)
- Episode 1: The Black Death’s Golden Age (1348-1370)
📜 RECENT ESSAYS & ANALYSIS
Insurgent Literacy: How Medieval Rebels Weaponized Administrative Tools
March 2026
An examination of how the commons of 1381 turned the tools of state administration—letters, seals, legal documents—against the crown itself.
The Great Rumour of 1377: Domesday Book as Revolutionary Weapon
February 2026
How forty villages in Wiltshire coordinated a legal challenge to serfdom using the king’s own records—four years before the revolt.
What Makes Institutions Survive? Lessons from Anglo-Saxon England
January 2026
Why Æthelflæd’s burhs endured for centuries while the Statute of Labourers collapsed within a generation.
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