Illustrated Medieval scene from the Romance of Lancelot

Medieval

Conwy Castle, Conwy

Britain under Roman rule and the truth about the crusades

A Saracen attack on Crusaders, from the French manuscript 'Chroniques de Saint Denis', c1200. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Traders and crusaders

In 1830 a keeper at the Tower of London menagerie accidentally removed the barrier between a lion and two tigers. The animals were eventually prised apart, by which point the lion had been fatally wounded. (Photo by Guildhall Library & Art Gallery/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Life with the lions: the Tower of London menagerie

St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury

Ye Olde Travel Guide: Samarkand 1404

5 of the worst smells in medieval London

Ye olde travel guide: Acre AD 1272

The fine rolls of King Henry III

Illustration of couple with bubonic plague

Where the Black Death happened: 9 places connected to the plague

Arbroath Abbey

Finger painting

John Leland: The man who saved medieval knowledge

The plague, Sir Walter Ralegh and Jerusalem

England in miniature

Visit historic Lichfield

English Houses 1300–1800

King John and the French invasion of England

The LibraryMedieval outlaws: the real Robin Hoods

Medieval Life and Death Festival, 18–22 May 2020

Where the Bosworth battle really happened and a detailed look at rationing

The battle of Bosworth site. (Photo by Darren Walker/Dreamstime)

The LibraryBosworth: did gunpowder win the day?

A helmet marks a trail over fields from the Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre, 2013. The site is close to the spot where the battle of Bosworth took place in 1485, and the place where King Richard III was killed. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Bosworth: the race to find the battlefield

Boar badge of Richard III discovered in Bosworth Field. (Photo by Creative Commons)

Bosworth battle site: have we discovered where Richard III died?

Cromwell's words, Richard's crusades and the 1930s

Arundel castle at dawn

Where history happened: Stephen and Matilda

Some household cures would aim to rebalance the body's humours

Household medicine: sickness, salves and skillets

Detail from the Devonshire Hunting Tapestries, showing hawking. Made in Tournai in the 15th century. (Photo by CM Dixon/Print Collector/Getty Images)

The LibraryThe medieval huntress

The Time Traveller’s Guide to Medieval England

The Holy Face by Andrei Rublev. Tempera on wood, 14th century. Moscow, Russia. (Photo by VCG Wilson/Corbis via Getty Images)

The mutation of Christianity