Religion

Stone engraved with the representation of the gods Odin, Thor and Frey, with a sacrifice to Odin

Christians and pagans in Norse society: the real religious rifts between Vikings

A portrait of Geoffrey Chaucer, who modern scholars credit for turning Saint Valentine into the patron saint of love.

Saint Valentine Who was the patron saint of love and lovers?

A 19th-century lithograph showing a medieval criminal claiming sanctuary by placing his arm through the ring on a church door (Picture by Bridgman)

Sanctuary in medieval churches: how criminals found protection from capture and punishment

Pod Mike Carr WL

Trading and crusading in the Middle Ages

Pod Edward Brooke Hitching WL

General History

Hells, heavens and afterworlds: a traveller’s guide

St Columba. This Irish patron saint's influence on the Christian church was, and still is, felt much further afield

Medieval miracle worker: how St Columba transformed Christianity in Britain

Peter Stanford charts the story of Christianity in Britain and Ireland through historic religious buildings

What can churches tell us?

A 14th-century illustration of a farmer leading a pack animal through the ice and snow

The surprisingly modern Middle Ages

A carving of the Viking gods Odin, Thor and Freyr with a sacrifice above them. It was found on the Swedish island of Gotland (Photo by: PHAS/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Gods, myths and rituals: what we know about Viking religious beliefs

Benjamin Savill discusses the St Brice’s Day Massacre of 1002, in which Danes living in England were killed, apparently on royal orders. (Image by Getty Images)

The St Brice’s Day Massacre of 1002

A depiction of King Æthelred II holding a sword

The St Brice’s Day Massacre: what really happened?

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