Illustrated Medieval scene from the Romance of Lancelot

Medieval

Illustration of the Children's Crusade of 1212, from the Story of the British Nation, Volume 1, by Walter Hutchinson, c1920 (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

What was the Children’s Crusade, and did it actually happen?

Guitarist David Crosby of the Byrds performs with his band in front of a large crowd at the Magic Mountain Music Festival on Mount Tamalpais, June 1967. (Image by © Henry Diltz/Corbis)

General History

From Ancient Greece to Glastonbury: a brief history of music festivals

A mermaid combing her hair

General Early Modern

Tails from the deep: separating the real folklore of mermaids from Disney stories

Medieval masterclass with Dan Jones

MasterclassThe four ages of medieval history, with Dan Jones

Princes in the Tower HistoryExtra podcast series title card

The Princes in the TowerThe greatest medieval cold case

Christmas feastsWith food historian Annie Gray

The Black DeathThe worst medieval plague?

The crusader statesWhat was life like?

The fall and rise of Henry III

William Caxton shows off his new press in Westminster to Edward IV in a 19th-century painting (Photo by Artepics / Alamy Stock Photo)

How William Caxton printed the first-ever book in English

Geoffrey Chaucer5 key things to know

A 1380s depiction of the Knights of the Round Table. Their heroics were routinely celebrated at medieval feasts (Photo by Heritage Images / Contributor / Getty Images)

6 ingredients for a memorable medieval feast

William the Conqueror’s invasion plans

Illustration by Laurie Avon

Medieval warfare: five deceptive ways to win a battle

A woman teaches a child to read in a 15th century depiction. The medieval period saw women challenge the male stranglehold on intellectual life, says Ian Mortimer (Photo by Marcello Fedeli / Electa / Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images)

What does medieval mean? Why the Middle Ages was actually an age of transformation

Did Black Death trigger the rise of Europe?

Wife of Bath

The Wife of Bath: how Chaucer's character gives a voice to medieval women

What can Richard I tell us about medieval masculinity?

Genghis Khan’s tent, as shown in a 14th-century Persian miniature. The Mongols’ conquests transformed the way the people of Eurasia did trade, shared knowledge, paid taxes and fought wars (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

What was life like under the Mongol empire?

Crusader states: everything you wanted to know

Illustration of King Richard I, on horseback, in the Holy Land, by Henry Justice Ford (Photo by The History Emporium / Alamy Stock Photo)

What if...Richard the Lionheart had recaptured Jerusalem?

Æthelflæd: ‘Mother of the English’

A copy of the Declaration of Arbroath is held by the National Records of Scotland in Edinburgh – the actual letter sent to Pope John XXII is lost (Photo by M.Brodie / Alamy Stock Photo)

The Declaration of Arbroath: your guide to Scotland's historic document

(l-r) Blanche, Marguerite and Jeanne of Burgundy, three sisters at the heart of a royal scandal and succession crisis in medieval France (Photos by The Picture Art Collection and ACTIVE MUSEUM / ACTIVE ART / Alamy Stock Photo)

Scandalous sisters: how three French princesses brought down the Capetian dynasty

British castles: everything you wanted to know

Women & the crusades: patronage, propaganda & prayer

Eleanor of Aquitaine

Eleanor of Aquitaine’s female power network

Medieval manuscripts: an enduring obsession

Women's history podcast episodes

Philip Augustus of France (left) and Richard I of England

Medieval masculinityWhat Richard I can tell us about male friendship in the Middle Ages