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The Race for Florida
The founding of St. Augustine was not an isolated colonial event. It was the culmination of political intrigue, religious conflict, imperial ambition, and international diplomacy…
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Militia Dei Before the Crusades
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Author: Douglas Estill The Neapolis Forgotten Paths Project (2026) The Forgotten Army That Existed Before the First Crusader Took the Cross Introduction History often tells…
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Oligamus Stella Reconsidered: How a Medieval Scribal Error Survived for a Thousand Years
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Author: Douglas Estill The Neapolis Forgotten Paths Project (2026) The Mystery Began With A Duke. Or so it seemed. For centuries, historians accepted the existence…
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The Road to Fraxinetum
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Yet a thousand years ago this frontier was anything but silent. The sea itself had become a source of terror. Along the coast of Provence…
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The Rider at Saint-Victor
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The rider came out of the western dusk just as the bells of Saint-Victor began to ring. The sea winds of Provence carried the smell…
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The Pathfinder: Following the Forgotten Roads of Medieval Europe
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Many left behind no grand chronicles. Some survive only as fragments preserved in charters, inscriptions, ruined churches, coastal settlements, weathered runestones, or half-forgotten traditions embedded…
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Miles Christi Before the Templars: The Emergence of a Christian Military Identity
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Author: Douglas Estill The Neapolis Forgotten Paths Project (2026) A World in Transition When most people hear the phrase Miles Christi—”Soldier of Christ”—their thoughts immediately…
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Miles Christi: The Rise of the Soldiers of Christ (900-1100)
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Author: Douglas Estill The Neapolis Forgotten Paths Project (2026) A World Out Of Control Long before the Knights Templar became famous across medieval Europe, another…
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Miles Christi: Before the Templars and the Rise of the First Soldiers of Christ
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Author: Douglas Estill The Neapolis Forgotten Paths Project (2026) Miles Christi—the Soldier of Christ. When most people think of medieval warrior-monks, they immediately picture the…
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Oligamus Stella: The Phantom Duke Created by a Thousand-Year Error
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Author: Douglas Estill The Neapolis Forgotten Paths Project (2026) A Thousand-Year Error History is filled with forgotten kings, lost battles, and vanished cities. Yet few…