Illustrated Medieval scene from the Romance of Lancelot

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Statue of William Tell, with a crossbow over one shoulder and a boy at his hip

William Tell: was the legendary Swiss hero a real person?

An open Bible on an altar

General ancient history

A history of the BibleWho wrote it and when?

Strange stories of medieval saints.

How pigs caused a stink in medieval England.

The Hanseatic League: everything you wanted to know.

The outrageous heretical legend of Pope Joan, history’s only female pope

Medieval towns: everything you wanted to know.

The Second Norman Conquest.

The Carolingians: everything you wanted to know.

1066: the battle for England.

Tyrant, Usurper, Hero: Three Kings That Made England.

Mansa Musa, king of Mali, depicted on a map of North Africa

5 things you (probably) didn’t know about medieval West Africa

Saint Augustine in His Study. (

Why is taking your own life considered a sin?How a Christian Saint defined suicide.

Secrets of medieval churches.

Isabella of Castile: life of the week.

Medieval relic hunters: the quest for Notre-Dame's crown of thorns.

Christine de Pizan, pictured speaking to a trio of inspirational women in an illustration in her Book of the City of Ladies, written around the turn of the 15th century (Photo by Album/Alamy Stock Photo)

Medieval influencers: 4 women who brought change to the Middle Ages.

Robert the Bruce: life of the week.

Leper Crusaders: how disease-stricken knights forged an army in the Holy Land.

Kublai Khan: ruler of the waves.

The princes in the Tower

Have we finally unmasked the killer of the Princes in the Tower?

A portrait of King John of England

9 of the worst monarchs in history

Henry V's brutal youth.

Richard II and Henry IV of England. The cousins duked it out for control of England.

The tyrant and the usurper: Richard II v Henry IV.

An 18th-century engraving of Edward, Earl of Warwick. Much of his short life was spent in the Tower of London before his execution for alleged treason (Photo by INTERFOTO/Alamy Stock Photo)

The other prince in the Tower: the tragedy of Edward of Warwick.

Should we stop talking about the crusades?.

Pigs in the medieval city.

Video podcastMedieval make do and mend.

Medieval make do and mend.

Medieval science: everything you wanted to know.