Illustrated Medieval scene from the Romance of Lancelot

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Coronation of King Edward III. (Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Margaret of Anjou married Henry VI of England in 1445

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Elizabeth Woodville with her husband, Edward IV. According to one medieval document, their marriage only came about “by Sorcerie and Wichecrafte, committed by the said Elizabeth, and her Moder Jaquett Duchess of Bedford”. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Medieval royal witches: from Elizabeth Woodville to Queen Joan of Navarre

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

Boat diplomacy: Froissart's 'Chronicles' show Richard II acceding to many of the rebels' demands at Mile End, 14 June 1381. The speed with which the rebels flooded London wrong-footed the king's advisors. (Photo by Alamy)

Revealed: the true identity of the rebels of the Peasants' Revolt. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The battle of Stoke Field – German mercenary Martin Schwarz made a famous last stand in the thick of the fighting even as other elements of the rebel army turned and fled

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A c1850 satirical illustration of King John signing Magna Charta. (Photo by the Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Actor Errol Flynn as Robin Hood in the film 'The Adventures of Robin Hood', 1938. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images)

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Henry V’s greatest victory (and it wasn't at the battle of Agincourt). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The battle of Sandwich: England’s medieval Trafalgar. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Knights, dragons and beasts: the strange world of medieval romances. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A scene from Perceval, one of the Arthurian romances attributed to Chretien De Troyes

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Prisoners exercise and play sport in the courtyard of the Fleet Prison, circa 1872

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Illustration of Brunhilda of Austrasia

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A page of the Codex Borbonicus, an Aztec folding book painted around the time of the Spanish invasion

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Bodiam Castle. (Getty Images)

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Melisende of Jerusalem

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Henry I proclaims Matilda as his heir

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Entrance to Lincoln Castle. (Dreamstime)

Lincoln: the battle that gave birth to medieval England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Portrait of Sarah Gristwood for BBC History Magazine

History explorer: Tewkesbury Abbey and four more places linked to the Wars of the Roses. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Medieval Ethiopia’s diplomatic missions. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An early Christian standing stone situated in an open field at Gelligaer Common near Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. (Getty Images)

Where history happened: the villages that disappeared

The death of Wat Tyler', 1859. Tyler was a leader of the 1381 Peasants' Revolt in England, which saw a group of rebels march on London to oppose the institution of a poll tax and demand economic and social reforms. He was killed by officers loyal to King Richard II during negotiations at Smithfield, London. (Photo by Print Collector/Getty Images)

Your guide to the Peasants' Revolt of 1381

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A 12th-century Celtic round tower at Clonmacnoise, County Offaly

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