Illustrated Medieval scene from the Romance of Lancelot

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A loan transaction being recorded in a ledger, shown in a work by Marinus Van Reymerswaele

Medieval money tricks and the modern world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Why we should remember…the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent

Dan Jones on writing historical fiction. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Women of the Middle Ages with Janina Ramirez – episode 2

HistoryExtra Women of the Middle Ages Masterclass with Janina RamirezHildegard of Bingen. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Women of the Middle Ages with Janina Ramirez – episode 3

HistoryExtra Women of the Middle Ages Masterclass with Janina RamirezKing Jadwiga. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Women of the Middle Ages with Janina Ramirez – episode 1

HistoryExtra Women of the Middle Ages Masterclass with Janina RamirezThe Loftus Princess. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&AWhich king thought he was made of glass

Sarah Smith and Eleanor of Aquitaine

My history heroSarah Smith chooses Eleanor of Aquitaine. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Richard, Duke of York challenges Edmund Beaufort, Suke of Somerset, to pick a side in the Wars of the Roses in Henry Payne's 1910 painting 'Choosing The Red and White Roses in the Temple Garden'

QuizHow much do you know about the Wars of the Roses?

Mongol and Mamluk cavalry clash in a 14th-century manuscript

How to repel a Mongol invasion: the success of Egypt’s Mamluk empire

Saint Michael and the DragonSaint Michael and the Dragon

DragonsFrom mythological beasts of history to the firebreathers of fantasy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

House of the DragonThe real historical event behind the Game of Thrones prequel

Medieval monks: a day in the life. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Flames and smoke are seen billowing from the roof at Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, 15 April 2019. Yet despite the devastation, the fire is “not the worst chapter in its 850-year history”, argues Dr Emily Guerry. (Patrick Anidjar/AFP/Getty Images)

Notre-Dame fire"It's extraordinary what has survived"

Notre-Dame cathedral, which dates back to 1163. (Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty Images)

Notre-Dame10 facts about Paris's famous cathedral

Kavita Puri"There are other medieval women who we can bring to the foreground". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

c1400 farmer ploughing a field.

6 of the most catastrophic weather events in British history

Portrait of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, showing his pronounced Habsburg jaw

Q&AWhat was the Habsburg jaw?

Royal rivals? Medieval England and France’s tempestuous relationship. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

Hildegard of Bingen

15 minutes of fameJanina Ramirez chooses Hildegard of Bingen. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hildegard of BingenMedieval polymath. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

QuizMedieval royal succession. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Lost languages & travelling communities: unexpected medieval histories. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Fairy queens & giantesses: pagan goddesses in Christian Europe. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Max Schreck took the title role in the 1922 German silent film 'Nosferatu', inspired by Bram Stoker's 'Dracula'. The film enjoys a cult following. (Photo by ullstein picture / ullstein picture via Getty Images)

“Ghoul-like beyond nightmare dream, they were the living dead”: belief in Vampires through history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&AWere vampires buried with a stake through their heart?

A painting of Lisbon depicts conspicuous displays of Portuguese imperial wealth and power – including enslaved African people

How slavery thrived in Renaissance Europe