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Medieval kings and queens

A royal banquet in the 13th century. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)
Medieval

Blog Medieval(ish) matters #14: What did an aristocratic household eat in the Middle Ages? And who was Eleanor de Montfort?

An illustration of King Arthur's coronation, from the 13th-century Flores Historiarum
Medieval

King Arthur: 6 things you need to know about the warrior king and his legend

Statue of King Richard I outside the Palace of Westminster in London
Medieval

Blog Medieval(ish) matters #13: Why aren’t monuments to medieval figures included in the statues debate, and was there racism in the Middle Ages?

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Newgrange Passage Tombs, Boyne Valley, County Meath, Ireland. (Photo by Hoberman Collection/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Medieval

Blog Medieval(ish) matters #9: Do early medieval Irish texts shed light on prehistoric incest?

A statue of Robert the Bruce Statue at Stirling Castle, Scotland. (Dreamstime)
Medieval

The battle of Bannockburn: Robert Bruce’s fight for freedom

King Edward II
Medieval

In profile: King Edward II

Medieval prisoners
Medieval

What was it like to be a Prisoner of War during the Hundred Years’ War?

King John hunting on horseback
Plantagenet

Was King John really that bad? Yes!

This is the famous Rhynie Man carved stone, thought to be Pictish in date. (Photo by © Aberdeenshire Council Archaeology Service: www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/archaeology)
Medieval

Blog Medieval(ish) matters #4: back to Braveheart, Viking river boats, Picts, and the Crusades

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Fresco by Memmo di Filippuccio, Palazzo Comunale, San Gimignano/Tuscany (Photo by Alamy)
Medieval

12 podcasts about medieval history to listen to right now

Henry III during the Second Barons' War
Medieval

Simon de Montfort and the barons’ crusade: why rebel lords waged holy war against Henry III

Queen Victoria on an ivory throne
Viking

Top 11 monarchs in British history

Old Norse: Page from the manuscript Codex Regius, which was written in Iceland and contains the poems of elder Edda. (Photo by Werner Forman/Universal Images Group/Getty Images)
Medieval

Blog Medieval matters #1: The Last Kingdom, Robin Hood and how to learn Old Norse in lockdown

A portrait of Isabella of Castile
Medieval

Isabella of Castile: a brief guide to the medieval queen

King Richard I, aka Richard the Lionheart. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)
Medieval

Richard the Lionheart may not have spoken English – plus 7 more surprising facts

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