This is the eight and last part of a series taking a historian’s look at the Battle of Helm’s Deep (I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII) from both J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Two Towers (1954) and Peter Jackson’s …
Collections: The Battle of Helm’s Deep, Part III: The Host of Saruman
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Collections: The Battle of Helm’s Deep, Part II: Total Warg
This is the second part of a series taking a historian’s look at the Battle of Helm’s Deep (I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII. VIII), from both J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Two Towers (1954) and Peter…
Collections: The Battle of Helm’s Deep, Part V: Ladders are Chaos
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Collections: The Battle of Helm’s Deep, Part IV: Men of Rohan
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Collections: The Battle of Helm’s Deep, Part I: Bargaining for Goods at Helm’s Gate
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Collections: The Battle of Helm’s Deep, Part VI: Is This a Good Sword?
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Collections: The Siege of Gondor, Part V: Just Flailing About Flails
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This week and for the next two weeks (I, II, III), we’re going to take a close look at arguably the most famous and recognizable Roman battle sequence in film: the iconic opening battle from …
Collections: Teaching Paradox, Crusader Kings III, Part IIb: Cracks in the House of Islam
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Collections: Teaching Paradox, Crusader Kings III, Part III: Constructivisting a Kingdom
This is the third part of a four part series (I, IIa, IIb, III, IV) examining the historical assumptions behind the popular medieval grand strategy game Crusader Kings III, made by Paradox Interact…
