Illustrated Medieval scene from the Romance of Lancelot

Medieval

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

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

Medieval women: everything you wanted to know.

Dick Whittington: from medieval merchant to panto hero.

Medieval peasants: everything you wanted to know.

Women of the Middle Ages with Janina Ramirez video series title card

MasterclassWomen of the Middle Ages, with Janina Ramirez

The book that transformed medieval England.

Why the Middle Ages matter.

From the Middle Ages to #MeToo: Chaucer’s Wife of Bath.

Penrhyn Castle, Gwynedd, Wales. (Photo by Getty Images)

Tales of romanceThe historical love stories behind 5 British castles.

A depiction of Empress Wu Zetian

Empress Wu ZetianThe only woman to rule China

Curious cures for medieval maladies.

1450 farmworkers planting seeds and harrowing a ploughed field.

Medieval wellness: how our New Year’s resolutions mirror the Middle Ages.

An effigy of Henry III

The Plantagenet royal dynasty: England's ultimate family drama

Three of the children of Henry VII: Prince Henry; Arthur Prince of Wales and Princess Margaret

Royal rivalries10 of the most famous sibling relationships.

Image shows King Stephen, the last Norman King of England

How to be a medieval king6 pieces of advice for would-be rulers.

Mongols vs Mamluks.

Christmas merriment in an old English manor in the 1500s

How to host a medieval Christmas.

A portrait of Vlad the Impaler, aka Vlad II, whose bloodlust and cruelty was said to have inspired the most famous vampire of literature

The real Dracula? The bloodthirsty life of Vlad the Impaler

The real Wenceslas is that he was not actually a king, but Duke of Bohemia.

Q&AWho was Good King Wenceslas, and was he actually good?

City of fur and feather: the animals of medieval London.

St Andrew, in St Andrew chapel, depicted at his crucifixion displayed in the manner known as the Saltire cross

St Andrew’s Day: 11 things you might not know about Scotland’s patron saint

Both adults and children were required to attend church – candle in hand – on the festival of Candlemas. (Image by Getty Images)

Medieval church calendarA guide to the holy days

Circulation of the blood, 1628. English physician William Harvey (1578-1657) was the first to correctly describe the mechanism whereby blood is circulated in the body. Diagram showing the existence of valves in veins. From Exercitatio anatomica de motu cordis et sanguinis in animalibus, by William Harvey. (Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images)

A medical renaissance?.

A medieval illustration showing a doctor bleeding a patient

General History

A history of medicine14 surprising facts

Queens in the Age of Chivalry.

King Henry V (left) in a late-16th- or early 17th-century portrait by an unknown artist; and his son Henry VI (right) in a c1500s portrait (Photos by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

Why Henry VI’s reign was such a disaster

Medieval excommunication: eternal damnation or no big deal?.

A man goes into a village at night on the eve of Samhain

What is the history behind the Celtic festival of Samhain and what does it have to do with Halloween?

Jan Žižka: one of history's greatest military leaders, who was blind but undefeated

Christianity: a success story from the start?.