Medieval Life and Death

Get the lowdown on everyday life in the medieval era with a week of talks from leading historians

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

Stretched, crushed and impaled 10 shocking torture methods from medieval history

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HistoryExtra Academy video lecture Faith and worship in late-medieval England . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pod Rebecca Bowen Decameron WL

The Decameron: sex, plague, and a medieval Love Island . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Life - Joan WL

Joan of Arc: life of the week . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pod Justine Firnhaber-Baker - EV Capetians WL

The Capetians: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pod Alice roberts Crypt WL

Plague, leprosy & murder: unlocking the secrets of medieval bones . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Colour illustration of people gathering outside a church during the Middle Ages

The medieval church: your guide to religion and worship in the Middle Ages

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Eggs, bunnies and Jesus Christ: the history and origins of Easter

An architectural grotesque of a woman displaying her vulva

How naughty was the past? The hidden depths of the medieval church

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Two lovers rest after a hunt, Codex Manesse

Saturday lecture: Medieval love and marriage . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Tournament between the Duke of Brittany and the Duke of Bourbon. (Photo by Christophel Fine Art/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Blog Medieval(ish) matters #7: what it meant to be ‘blue’ in the Middle Ages (and more killer rabbits)

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Doctors tending to a patient, 14th century. (Photo by Getty Images)

Saturday lecture: Medieval disease and medicine . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Man and woman using a long-handled wooden paddle to bake bread in an oven, 15th century. (Photo by Getty Images)

Saturday lecture: Medieval food . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Medieval punishments, Toulouse, 14th century. (Photo by Photo12/UIG via Getty Images)

How bloody was medieval life?

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Two fighting Irishmen with axes, one hitting another in the head. Illustration after the Roy manuscript, 13th century (Photo by Getty Images)

Saturday lecture: Medieval crime and violence . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.