Illustrated Medieval scene from the Romance of Lancelot

Medieval

Chaucer’s disputed legacy: new discoveries

A scene from the Luttrell Psalter, c1330, gives an idealised insight into everyday life in 14th-century rural England

Life as a medieval peasantHow accurate are depictions on screen?

A child cooks on an open fire in a medieval home (Photo by: Prisma/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Medieval childhood: a historical A-Z

1066: the pope and the conqueror

St George lances a dragon

Tips from historyHow do you really kill a dragon?

Harry Lloyd (Richard III) and Sally Hawkins (Philippa Langley) in The Lost King

The Lost KingThe difficult art of turning a true story into a movie

Richard III returns

BaburDynasty founder and diarist

The Knights Templar: everything you wanted to know

The skeleton exhumed from beneath a Leicester car park in 2012. The remains contained features matching Tudor descriptions of Richard III, and injuries to the skull and body inflicted at the battle of Bosworth in 1485

Rediscovering Richard IIIThe story of how a lost king was found

What can one woman reveal about Jewish life in medieval England?

Image of Empress Matilda

What if…Empress Matilda had defeated King Stephen?

A loan transaction being recorded in a ledger, shown in a work by Marinus Van Reymerswaele

Medieval money tricks and the modern world

Why we should remember…the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent

Dan Jones on writing historical fiction

Women of the Middle Ages with Janina Ramirez – episode 2

HistoryExtra Women of the Middle Ages Masterclass with Janina RamirezHildegard of Bingen

Women of the Middle Ages with Janina Ramirez – episode 3

HistoryExtra Women of the Middle Ages Masterclass with Janina RamirezKing Jadwiga

Women of the Middle Ages with Janina Ramirez – episode 1

HistoryExtra Women of the Middle Ages Masterclass with Janina RamirezThe Loftus Princess

Q&AWhich king thought he was made of glass

Sarah Smith and Eleanor of Aquitaine

My history heroSarah Smith chooses Eleanor of Aquitaine

Richard, Duke of York challenges Edmund Beaufort, Suke of Somerset, to pick a side in the Wars of the Roses in Henry Payne's 1910 painting 'Choosing The Red and White Roses in the Temple Garden'

QuizHow much do you know about the Wars of the Roses?

Mongol and Mamluk cavalry clash in a 14th-century manuscript

How to repel a Mongol invasion: the success of Egypt’s Mamluk empire

Saint Michael and the DragonSaint Michael and the Dragon

DragonsFrom mythological beasts of history to the firebreathers of fantasy

Robin Hood: everything you wanted to know

House of the DragonThe real historical event behind the Game of Thrones prequel

Medieval monks: a day in the life

Flames and smoke are seen billowing from the roof at Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, 15 April 2019. Yet despite the devastation, the fire is “not the worst chapter in its 850-year history”, argues Dr Emily Guerry. (Patrick Anidjar/AFP/Getty Images)

Notre-Dame fire"It's extraordinary what has survived"

Notre-Dame cathedral, which dates back to 1163. (Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty Images)

Notre-Dame10 facts about Paris's famous cathedral

Kavita Puri"There are other medieval women who we can bring to the foreground"

c1400 farmer ploughing a field.

6 of the most catastrophic weather events in British history