The samurai warriors of Japan were formed in the 9th century AD to combat Korean pirates, but soon graduated to targeting their own corsairs, the kaizoku.

May 23, 2011 - Brenda Ralph Lewis

As the end of the 17th century drew near, Caribbean piracy was seriously obstructing British and French colonial plans. Piracy, therefore, had to go.

Jun 20, 2011 - Brenda Ralph Lewis

The hijack of the Sirius Star, a ship of over 300,000 tons, carrying 2 million barrels of oil worth $100m, takes modern day piracy to new levels of sophistication.

Nov 20, 2008 - Michael Carroll

Woodes Rogers, merchant, privateer and pirate hunter, helped make life more difficult for pirates but the danger they represented still had some way to run.

Jun 21, 2011 - Brenda Ralph Lewis

Somalian pirates present an ongoing threat with bold, high ransom attacks on ships of all nations. How soon and decisively the world responds is important and matters.

Apr 12, 2009 - Donald Reinhardt

Pirates weren't the only terrors on the high seas of the Caribbean - privateers had their own plundering to do.

Jun 9, 2009 - Sara McCleary

In around 1640, the tiny West Indian island of Tortuga off the northwest coast of Hispaniola, became a focus of activity for both pirates and privateers.

Jun 14, 2011 - Brenda Ralph Lewis

Knowing and understanding the shelfmark components of these handwritten books can aid in the study of their provenance and intended purpose and audience.

Apr 7, 2010 - Melissa Elmes

Westminster Palace has been a seat of government for more than 1,000 years and the building has one of the longest histories of any official residence in Europe.

Sep 22, 2008 - Rachel Bellerby

This is the first in a series of articles that reviews the book "Sex and Society in the World of the Orthodox Slavs, 900-1700" by Eve Levin.

Jun 10, 2006 - Kerry Kubilius

Eating and drinking in the Great Hall of a medieval castle did much more than provide sustenance and entertaining guests was much more than run-of-the-mill hospitality.

Dec 1, 2009 - Brenda Ralph Lewis

Religious relics were the crowd-pullers of the medieval age. Any church or monastery that could lay claim to a relic would be assured a steady stream of visitors.

Aug 18, 2008 - Rachel Bellerby

An hour's drive from Helsinki, 14th century Porvoo is a photographers' delight with its cathedral, Town Hall, medieval architecture and cobbled lanes with flower borders

Aug 14, 2007 - Connie Emerson

The medieval castle was essentially a communal environment and the Great Hall was the hub of its activity. Here the household ate, worked, socialized, and slept.

Nov 30, 2009 - Brenda Ralph Lewis

This charts the life, times and death of Girolamo Savonarola, a medieval monk, mystic and ultimately, miscreant.

Apr 23, 2011 - Mary Phelan

Thanks to the ever-increasing use of internet, it's easier to get published, but it also easier to be a victim of copyright infringement.

Mar 15, 2011 - Mary Purpari

The Great Hall was the main room in which both castle residents and visitors could meet and socialise.

Jun 8, 2009 - Rachel Bellerby

Veneration of holy persons led to ever more elaborate design of reliquaries attempting to capture the likeness but subject to considerations of gender and idolatry.

Feb 15, 2010 - Zuzana Minarikova

Tapestries were regarded such valuable objects that during war they were seized, used as ransom or, confiscated as property of those convicted of treason.

May 6, 2009 - Zuzana Minarikova