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Medieval excommunication: eternal damnation or no big deal? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A man goes into a village at night on the eve of Samhain

What is the history behind the Celtic festival of Samhain and what does it have to do with Halloween?

Ben Foster as Jan Žižka in 'Medieval' (2022). (Photo by Alamy)

Jan Žižka: one of history’s greatest military leaders, who was blind but undefeated

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Pod Peter Heather WL

Christianity: a success story from the start? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Battle of Lipany or Lipan, also called the Battle of Cesky Brod, on 30 May 1434 virtually ended the Hussite Wars (Picture by Alamy)

In a nutshell The Hussite Wars

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Chaucer’s disputed legacy: new discoveries . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A scene from the Luttrell Psalter, c1330, gives an idealised insight into everyday life in 14th-century rural England

Life as a medieval peasant How accurate are depictions on screen? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A child cooks on an open fire in a medieval home (Photo by: Prisma/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Medieval childhood: a historical A-Z . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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1066: the pope and the conqueror . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

St George lances a dragon

Tips from history How do you really kill a dragon?

Harry Lloyd (Richard III) and Sally Hawkins (Philippa Langley) in The Lost King

The Lost King The difficult art of turning a true story into a movie

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Pod Mike Pitts WL

Richard III returns . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Babur Dynasty founder and diarist . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

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The skeleton exhumed from beneath a Leicester car park in 2012. The remains contained features matching Tudor descriptions of Richard III, and injuries to the skull and body inflicted at the battle of Bosworth in 1485

Rediscovering Richard III The story of how a lost king was found . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.