Medieval

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A 1380s depiction of the Knights of the Round Table. Their heroics were routinely celebrated at medieval feasts (Photo by Heritage Images / Contributor / Getty Images)

6 ingredients for a memorable medieval feast . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pod Rebecca Tyson WL

William the Conqueror’s invasion plans . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Illustration by Laurie Avon

Medieval warfare: five deceptive ways to win a battle . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A woman teaches a child to read in a 15th century depiction. The medieval period saw women challenge the male stranglehold on intellectual life, says Ian Mortimer (Photo by Marcello Fedeli / Electa / Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images)

What does medieval mean? Why the Middle Ages was actually an age of transformation . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pod James Belich WL

Did Black Death trigger the rise of Europe? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Wife of Bath

The Wife of Bath: how Chaucer’s character gives a voice to medieval women . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pod Gabby Storey WL

What can Richard I tell us about medieval masculinity? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Genghis Khan’s tent, as shown in a 14th-century Persian miniature. The Mongols’ conquests transformed the way the people of Eurasia did trade, shared knowledge, paid taxes and fought wars (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

What was life like under the Mongol empire?

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Pod Nicholas Morton WL

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

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Illustration of King Richard I, on horseback, in the Holy Land, by Henry Justice Ford (Photo by The History Emporium / Alamy Stock Photo)

What if... Richard the Lionheart had recaptured Jerusalem? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pod Rebecca Hardie WL

Æthelflæd: ‘Mother of the English’ . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A copy of the Declaration of Arbroath is held by the National Records of Scotland in Edinburgh – the actual letter sent to Pope John XXII is lost (Photo by M.Brodie / Alamy Stock Photo)

The Declaration of Arbroath: your guide to Scotland’s historic document

(l-r) Blanche, Marguerite and Jeanne of Burgundy, three sisters at the heart of a royal scandal and succession crisis in medieval France (Photos by The Picture Art Collection and ACTIVE MUSEUM / ACTIVE ART / Alamy Stock Photo)

Scandalous sisters: how three French princesses brought down the Capetian dynasty

AXDC2T The Biddenden Charity Dole Kent UK 2008 Easter Monday. Also know as Chulkhurst Charity after Elisa & Mary Chulkhurst 1100-1134. Image shot 2008. Exact date unknown.

Q&A What are the Easter treats known as Biddenden cakes?

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Pod Marc Morris WL

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