Illustrated Medieval scene from the Romance of Lancelot

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Newcastle upon Tyne, 1877, published in the Illustrated London News. (Photo by SSPL/Getty Images)

The LibraryEngland’s northern soul

Medieval Albigensians: Bath’s reincarnated heretics.

Royal palaces of the Hundred Years’ War.

Eleanor of Aquitaine.

History quiz – spacewalks, battles and Eleanor of Aquitaine.

The medieval hilltop village of Vézelay in north central France enjoys a spectacular location. (Photo by Andia/UIG via Getty Images)

My favourite place: Vézelay, France

On the trail of the Yorks: 8 places associated with Richard III’s family.

Mompesson House, which has sinister connections with a ghost known as the Demon Drummer. (Clare Hargreaves/The National Trust)

9 haunted historic houses

7 unusual historical sites in Britain and Ireland

The most popular historical figures you've (probably) never heard of

Kenilworth Castle in Warwickshire. (Photo by Getty Images)

History explorerThe Second Barons’ War.

Tudor monarchs and a medieval civil war.

Members of Assassins cult kill Conrad I of Jerusalem.

Game of Thrones: the real-life medieval history.

Student life and working class culture.

An illustration from an 11th-century manuscript depicting a king and his minister doing justice, c1050. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Medieval English law in the time of Magna Carta.

c1754: Siege of a town led by Godefroy de Bouillon (c1060-1100) 1st Crusade (1095-1099), showing Saracens firing arrows at Crusaders as they attempt to scale the walls. From manuscript of Roman de Godefroy de Bouillon. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

5 things you (probably) didn't know about the Crusades

Kidding/not kidding: a medieval sense of humour.

The Franciscans treating victims of the plague, miniature from La Franceschina, c1474, codex by Jacopo Oddi. Perugia, Biblioteca Capitolare (Library). (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

The hospital experience in medieval England

Aerial view on Westminster Abbey at night. (Photo by Pawel Libera/LightRocket via Getty Images)

7 of England’s best medieval buildings.

Joan of Kent. (Image by Getty)

Joan of Kent: a perfect princess?

Middle East history special.

A relief at the World Heritage site of Xanadu in Inner Mongolia, China. (Photo by Dreamstime)

My favourite place: Xanadu, China

16th century engraving depicting a man with leprosy

Q&AHow did doctors treat leprosy?

The Romanovs and King Arthur.

Postwar Germany and medieval CSI.

KRISTOFER HIVJU GAME OF THRONES

Game of Thrones: medieval inspiration.

5 festive facts from BBC Two’s QI

Charles VI of France (1380–1422)

Owain Glyndwr: The last Welsh Prince of Wales.

The Peasants’ Revolt and a Cold War spy.

In pictures: Medieval women