Illustrated Medieval scene from the Romance of Lancelot

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An empty knight's armor sitting on a chest.

Q&AHow did knights in armour go to the toilet?.

The Knights of the Round Table are that the heart of many Arthurian legends

Who were the Knights of the Round Table in Arthurian legend, and where does the Holy Grail fit in?

Aztecs in their own words.

A new take on India’s history.

A Triple Bond Broken: The Destruction of the House of York.

Naming of St John the Baptist, c12th century. From a wall painting in the crypt of Canterbury Cathedral. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Medieval baby names: what were people called in the Middle Ages?

Edward the Confessor seated at a banquet

Edward the Confessor: England’s holy hardman.

ever before,” says Margaret MacMillan. (Photo by Popperfoto/Getty Images)

"We’ve come to think that peace is normal, but that's not the reality": Margaret MacMillan on humanity's compulsion to go to war.

Halloween postcard

10 things you didn’t know about the history (and mystery) of Halloween

Medieval daily life: everything you wanted to know.

The battle of Dover, 24 August 1217, (image c1880). (Photo by Print Collector/Getty Images)

Eustace the Monk: one of medieval Europe's unholiest holy men.

In 802 Charlemagne took delivery of an elephant, sent to him by Harun al-Rashid, the caliph in Baghdad. Here, a manuscript illumination from a late 12th century English Latin bestiary. (Image by Alamy)

8 turning points in medieval European history.

The storming of Beziers

Medieval turning points.

A photograph of the Tower of London, from the river

Anne Boleyn, Beefeaters, Guy Fawkes and the princes: a brief history of the Tower of London

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Princes in the TowerEpisode 8: A conclusion (of sorts).

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Princes in the TowerEpisode 7: Survival theories.

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Princes in the TowerEpisode 6: The other suspects.

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Princes in the TowerEpisode 5: Circumstantial evidence and strange behaviour.

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Princes in the TowerEpisode 4: Examining the evidence.

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Princes in the TowerEpisode 3: The prime suspect.

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Princes in the TowerEpisode 2: The timeline.

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Princes in the TowerEpisode 1: The case.

Princes in the TowerExclusive podcast series

Q&A: Why and how did the Aztecs practise human sacrifice?

A watermill, with fish nets and eel traps visible beneath the waters of the mill leat Luttrell Psalter. England, c 1325-1335. (Photo by Alamy)

Medieval eels and Englishness.

Simon de Montfort and England’s First Revolution.

A Fool Rebuked by God, 14th-century psalter. (Photo by Heritage Arts/Heritage Images via Getty Images)

Medieval marginalia: exploring 'doodles' from the Middle Ages.

A sign of the devil or a miracle cure? How people felt about spiders in the Middle Ages.

Medieval rebellions.

Empress Matilda

Empress Matilda, daughter of Henry I: a queen in a king’s world.