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    Medieval Week

    Aesop's fables: The Fox and The Crow. Illustration after 1485 edition printed in Naples by German printers for Francesco del Tuppo. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images
    Medieval

    A ‘murder of crows’ plus 9 more collective nouns that originate from the Middle Ages

    Henry IV of Germany asking for the forgiveness of Pope Gregory VII in Canossa in 1077. (Photo by De Agostini/Getty Images)
    Medieval

    Canossa: a medieval clash between church and state

    A 14th-century illustration showing medieval butchery. (Photo by Prisma/UIG via Getty Images)
    Medieval

    The medieval marketplace: a time traveller’s guide to shopping in the Middle Ages

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    A miniature from the Codex Justinianus
    Medieval

    Plague, famine and sudden death: 10 dangers of the medieval period

    Peasants in the Middle Ages at a cattle market. Cows appear to have been difficult to manage in the medieval period, and caused several deaths. (Photo by INTERFOTO /Alamy)
    Medieval

    5 strange causes of death in the medieval period

    Woodcut of a woman who may be stoking a furnace or baking bread, printed in the 15th century. (SSPL/Getty Images)
    Medieval

    What was life like for a medieval housewife?

    Agincourt was one of the major battles of the Hundred Years' War.
    Medieval

    Agincourt: medieval England’s finest hour?

    Illustration by Glen McBeth
    Medieval

    Did castle defenders pour boiling oil on their assailants during a medieval siege?

    Portrait of Richard III, dated 15th century. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)
    Medieval

    Treachery at Bosworth: what really brought down Richard III

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    Detail from the Bayeux tapestry, which depicts the Norman conquest of England in 1066. (DeAgostini/Getty Images) 
    Medieval

    10 medieval dates you need to know

    A compilation of compass drawn circles, and variants found in many of the churches
    Medieval

    Medieval graffiti: the lost voices of England’s churches in the Middle Ages

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    3 curious medieval ghost stories

    An illustration from an 11th-century manuscript depicting a king and his minister doing justice, c1050. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
    Medieval

    Medieval English law in the time of Magna Carta

    c1754: Siege of a town led by Godefroy de Bouillon (c1060-1100) 1st Crusade (1095-1099), showing Saracens firing arrows at Crusaders as they attempt to scale the walls. From manuscript of Roman de Godefroy de Bouillon. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)
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    5 things you (probably) didn’t know about the Crusades

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    Kidding/not kidding: a medieval sense of humour

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