Illustrated Medieval scene from the Romance of Lancelot

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Fire rages in Dublin’s ‘Four Courts’, housing the Public Record Office of Ireland, in 1922. Many historical documents were destroyed in the conflagration. (Photo by Getty Images)

InterviewRobert Bartlett: "The complexity of modern national politics has placed history at risk".

Child-killing "demon-hosts": pigs in the medieval city.

The Cathars: everything you wanted to know.

Kingdom Come Deliverance: Two medieval soldiers figthing

Best medieval videogames for history enthusiasts in 2025

King John: life of the week.

1066 | 4. The long and violent Norman Conquest.

1066 | 3. Three kings and three battles.

1066 | 2. The power behind the Anglo-Saxon throne.

1066 | 1. Vikings, Normans and rebellious Anglo-Saxons.

Robert the Bruce: the man, the myth, the murderer.

An English fleet defeats the French at the battle of Sluys in 1340. By now, Edward III’s war machine was reaping the benefits of a system of national taxation, approved by parliament. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images via Getty Images)

Medieval England's political miracle: how the 13th and 14th centuries laid the foundations for modern Britain.

Hand-coloured engraving of someone being tortured on the wheel.

Stretched, crushed and impaled10 shocking torture methods from medieval history

Dark knights and crusading criminals.

Video podcastSaladin: life of the week.

Medieval torture: everything you wanted to know.

Medieval documents in danger.

King Henry VI of the Hohenstaufen dynasty

What was the Erfurt Latrine Disaster?

The Abbasid caliphate: everything you wanted to know.

Crusader criminals: how the Holy Land became a hotbed of lawlessness.

Video podcastBeowulf: everything you wanted to know.

The First CrusadeInside the war that transformed the medieval world.

HistoryExtra AcademyLate-medieval England, with Hannah Skoda.

Week fourCrime, violence and the law.

Week threePolitical communities.

Week twoFamily and community.

Week oneFaith and worship.

HistoryExtra Academy video lecture: crime, violence and the law.

Video podcastPractical magic: curses, spells & cunning folk.

Practical magic: curses, spells & cunning folk.

The death of Simon de Montfort at the battle of Evesham, 1265

Hacked to pieces, testicles removed & body parts gifted as “dark trophies”: the grisly fate of Simon de Montfort