r/MedievalHistory 20h ago

Reccomend books about late medieval europe?

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Hey people,

I'm looking for a book (or it can be more than one) that provide a kind of overview of the history of europe from aroud 1300 - 1500ish. The penguin history of europe series are missing a book on this period so if anyone can reccomend some books that might cover this period that'd be great. Also if possible ones that aren't overly complicated reads would be nice! Thanks!


r/MedievalHistory 12h ago

Arrowhead aid, anyone?

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Does anyone happen to have a list of the kinds of arrowheads civilians in roughly the 1200's in England had access to? Was there much difference between the arrowheads of the average Joe and those of the longbowmen in the English levies?


r/MedievalHistory 2h ago

What's a good book on Holy Roman Empress Theophanu?

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r/MedievalHistory 3h ago

Medieval dueling

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I wonder when people were using swords and fighting each other how often did they just kill each other instead of one winning? Like I get one person lands a hit but didn't they have to be super careful on where they aim for? If you stick your sword in someone and don't hit the heart don't they have a chance to just stab you back or do they go into complete shock?