Illustrated Medieval scene from the Romance of Lancelot

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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

Late-medieval England course: week three quiz.

HistoryExtra Academy video lecture: political participation in late-medieval England.

Court proceedings presided by the king ordering an arrest © Alamy

King's justice: raising a grievance in medieval England.

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)

How King John helped bring about a political miracle in medieval England.

Late-medieval England course: week two quiz.

HistoryExtra Academy video lecture: family and community in late-medieval England.

5 things you (probably) didn't know about... late medieval England.

Late-medieval England courseWeek one quiz.

HistoryExtra Academy video lectureFaith and worship in late-medieval England.

Two couples kissing in The Decameron

“Slapstick and smutty”: the real medieval history behind The Decameron

The Decameron: sex, plague, and a medieval Love Island.

Toilets through time: medieval privies.

The poor man and the pilgrim receive hospitality at a monastery in this 13th century miniature (Photo by: Photo12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

How to go on a medieval pilgrimage.

1217: the year that (almost) changed English history.

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.

Video podcastMedieval keep fit.

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.

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.

Climbing monks, wrestling kings and marching nuns: what people in the Middle Ages did to exercise.

Medieval keep fit.

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.

Video podcastBreastfeeding in the Middle Ages.

Breastfeeding in the Middle Ages.

Video podcastRenaissance eugenics.

Kublai Khan: life of the week.

Knights! Camera! Action!: the Middle Ages on film.

Aztec myths.