Illustrated Medieval scene from the Romance of Lancelot

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A depiction of Robin Hood, the heroic archer in English folklore who supposedly robbed the rich and gave to the poor. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

Robin Hood: 7 myths about the legendary outlaw of Sherwood Forest

A fanciful engraving imagines Peter the Hermit presenting Pope Urban II (centre) with a letter from Simeon II

Launching the First Crusade

Canossa: a medieval clash between church and state

The shipwreck that sunk a royal dynasty

Richard III

What if…Richard III had won at Bosworth?

Domesday Book: medieval big data

Bizarre books and macabre manuscripts

Thomas Becket: from murder to martyrdom

The Wars of the Roses: everything you wanted to know

Christmas ghost stories

The effigy of Eleanor of Castile on her tomb

The love lives of medieval queens

Habsburg dynasty: Maria Theresa, her husband Francis I

The Habsburgs: the dynasty that wouldn’t die

The history of Christmas: everything you wanted to know

A miller and a donkey

9 things you could do with a medieval ass

Ten things to do with a medieval donkey

Canterbury Cathedral

How Thomas Becket's feud with Henry II led to murder

Magna Carta: everything you wanted to know

Richard III

Richard the radical: was Richard III a champion of the people?

Richard III, Queen Victoria and Henry VIII. (Photos by Getty Images)

Monarchy history quiz: test your knowledge of these kings and queens

One of the burial mounds at Sutton Hoo

How dark were the Dark Ages?

This 15th-century painting from a manuscript shows men fishing in a river. In medieval England, eels were both meals and de facto currency. (Photo by Bridgeman)

Fishing for gold: how eels powered the medieval economy

The Huguenots vs France: who were the Huguenots and what did they believe?

'Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs' by Camilla Townsend

New take on Aztec history revealed as winner of the 2020 Cundill History Prize

David Olusoga“Desks went from a niche furniture item to the work station of millions”

Henry VI of England. (Photo by iStock/Getty Images)

Henry VI may have had a "sex coach" - plus 4 more curious facts about his life

Chess players in the 14th century

Ancient board games: which ones did people play for fun in the past?

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

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

Bernard Cornwell on The Last Kingdom’s finale and the next Sharpe

Oswald, the many-headed medieval saint

Gwrych Castle in Abergele, North Wales

The history of Gwrych Castle, home of I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here