Medieval

Part three in our 20-part series looking at decisive moments of the last 1,000 years in British history explores 1100–1149

Turning points 1141: Stephen v Matilda

William the Conqueror was the second king of England to be crowned in 1066

The coronation of William of Normandy on Christmas Day in 1066

Christmas merriment in an old English manor in the 1500s

How to host a medieval Christmas

A Victorian Christmas card

HistoryExtra’s Christmas history quiz

A 13th-century fresco showing Isabella of Angouleme, Eleanor of Aquitaine and two squires

Eleanor of Aquitaine: the worst royal mother-in-law?

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Medieval Masterclass with Dan Jones Revolution 1348–1527 AD

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Medieval Masterclass with Dan Jones Rebirth 1216–1347 AD

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Medieval Masterclass with Dan Jones Dominium 750-1215 AD

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Medieval Masterclass with Dan Jones Imperium 410-750 AD

Froissart illustration of Hugh Despenser the Younger's execution by being hanged, drawn and quartered. Despenser is on a ladder, as a man beside him disembowels him and tosses his entrails into a fire

‘Godly butchery’: the horrifying history of hanging, drawing and quartering

A woman slops here chamberpot from a window onto pedestrians in the street below in this woodcut

Were medieval cities really filthy?

Katherine Harvey discusses whether attitudes to sex in the Middle Ages were really so different from our own. (Image by Getty Images)

Sex lives of medieval people

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Christmas feasts with Annie Gray Episode 1: Medieval & Tudor revelry

Chaucer reading his work to the court of Richard II

Katherine Swynford: the scandalous duchess and ancestress of royal dynasties

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