Illustrated Medieval scene from the Romance of Lancelot

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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.

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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.

Child-killing "demon-hosts": pigs in the medieval city. 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 Many historical documents were destroyed in the conflagration.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.

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

Kingdom Come Deliverance: Two medieval soldiers figthing

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

1066: The Battle for England | A HistoryExtra podcast series

1066 | 4. The long and violent Norman Conquest. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

1066 | 3. Three kings and three battles. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

1066 | 2. The power behind the Anglo-Saxon throne. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

1066 | 1. Vikings, Normans and rebellious Anglo-Saxons. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Robert the Bruce: the man, the myth, the murderer. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An English fleet defeats the French at the battle of Sluys in 1340. By now, Edward III’s war machine was reaping the benefits of a system of national taxation, approved by parliament. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images via Getty Images)

Medieval England's political miracle: how the 13th and 14th centuries laid the foundations for modern Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hand-coloured engraving of someone being tortured on the wheel.

Stretched, crushed and impaled10 shocking torture methods from medieval history

Dark knights and crusading criminals. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

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

Medieval documents in danger. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

King Henry VI of the Hohenstaufen dynasty

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

Crusader criminals: how the Holy Land became a hotbed of lawlessness. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

The First CrusadeInside the war that transformed the medieval world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

HistoryExtra AcademyLate-medieval England, with Hannah Skoda. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Week fourCrime, violence and the law. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.