Before there were Elves, there was Quenya, the Elven language that the British philologist began to invent as a student at Oxford. There were also, of course, the Norse, Germanic and Anglo-Saxon myths ...
Much of my time is spent exploding myths. It is true that I rarely have to explain that bulls are colour blind or that the carrot tale began as wartime propaganda to explain why British pilots with ...
In the ninth and tenth centuries, castles were often built of wood and easily burned down by enemies. As unrest spread across Europe and warfare began to change, castle designs had to adapt.