Illustrated Medieval scene from the Romance of Lancelot

Medieval

1217: the year that (almost) changed English history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A crusader army led by French king Louis IX clashes with Ayyubid forces at Mansurah in 1250. Two centuries of warfare across the Middle East “drew a torrent of often dangerous young men into the region”, writes Steve Tibble. (Photo by Getty Images)

Crusader criminals: why medieval knights went rogue in the Holy Land. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Video podcastMedieval keep fit. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

King Robert I of Scotland statue at Stirling Castle.

The man, the myth, the murderer: how Robert the Bruce slaughtered his way to the throne. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The England football team badge, showing three lions on a field of ten Tudor roses

Q&AWhy are there three lions on the shirts of the English football team?

How the Plantagenets forged the English state. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Climbing monks, wrestling kings and marching nuns: what people in the Middle Ages did to exercise. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Medieval keep fit. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Kublai Khan

Kublai Khan: the Mongol ruler who conquered China

Statues of Richard I and his wife Berengaria of Navarre

Berengaria of Navarre: Richard I’s forgotten queen. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Video podcastBreastfeeding in the Middle Ages. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Breastfeeding in the Middle Ages. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Video podcastRenaissance eugenics. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Kublai Khan: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Knights! Camera! Action!: the Middle Ages on film. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Aztec myths. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A photo a two men riding horses, all dressed in jousting gear.

My life in historyJouster at the Royal Armouries. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A map showing the Cinque ports

Q&AWhat are the Cinque Ports?

Medieval medicine: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Margaret Beaufort, shown in a c16th‐century oil on panel painting

Margaret Beaufort: mother of the Tudors

Jonah being devoured by a whale

QuizMedieval manuscript animals. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Saladin: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Joan of Arc: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Medieval breastfeeding: an act of love. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Capetians: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Lothar II vs Theutberga: a marriage scandal that shook the ninth century. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Medieval dinner scene.

Medieval manners and etiquette: dos and don’ts of the Middle Ages. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Medieval podcast episodes

Madonna of Humility, 1544. The nursing Virgin Mary is based on a Byzantine icon, but also on the direct observance of a mother with her baby. Everyday intimacy is coupled with Christian symbolism. (Image from TopFoto)

An act of love: breastfeeding in the medieval period. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Plague, leprosy & murder: unlocking the secrets of medieval bones. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.