Illustrated Medieval scene from the Romance of Lancelot

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The Second Norman Conquest. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

1066: the battle for England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Tyrant, Usurper, Hero: Three Kings That Made England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Mansa Musa, king of Mali, depicted on a map of North Africa

5 things you (probably) didn’t know about medieval West Africa

Saint Augustine in His Study. (

Why is taking your own life considered a sin?How a Christian Saint defined suicide. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Secrets of medieval churches. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

Medieval relic hunters: the quest for Notre-Dame's crown of thorns. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Christine de Pizan, pictured speaking to a trio of inspirational women in an illustration in her Book of the City of Ladies, written around the turn of the 15th century (Photo by Album/Alamy Stock Photo)

Medieval influencers: 4 women who brought change to the Middle Ages. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

Leper Crusaders: how disease-stricken knights forged an army in the Holy Land. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Kublai Khan: ruler of the waves. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The princes in the Tower

Have we finally unmasked the killer of the Princes in the Tower?

A portrait of King John of England

9 of the worst monarchs in history

Richard II and Henry IV of England. The cousins duked it out for control of England.

The tyrant and the usurper: Richard II v Henry IV. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An 18th-century engraving of Edward, Earl of Warwick. Much of his short life was spent in the Tower of London before his execution for alleged treason (Photo by INTERFOTO/Alamy Stock Photo)

The other prince in the Tower: the tragedy of Edward of Warwick. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Should we stop talking about the crusades?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Pigs in the medieval city. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Video podcastMedieval make do and mend. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Medieval make do and mend. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

Medieval women: friendship, wanderlust and the medieval hustle. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Tyrant, Usurper, Hero | 3. Henry V: hero. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Tyrant, Usurper, Hero | 2. Henry IV: usurper. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Tyrant, Usurper, Hero | 1. Richard II: tyrant. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Video podcastDismemberment & disgrace: the grisly fate of Simon de Montfort. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Medieval England's political miracle. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The bloody rise of Henry V: how his brutal upbringing propelled him to greatness. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.