Illustrated Medieval scene from the Romance of Lancelot

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King Edward II

In profile: King Edward II

Medieval prisoners

What was it like to be a Prisoner of War during the Hundred Years’ War?

King John II made prisoner at the Battle of Poitiers by the English during the Hundred Years War, 1356. Illustration

Medieval prisoners of war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Medieval punishments, Toulouse, 14th century. (Photo by Photo12/UIG via Getty Images)

How bloody was medieval life?

King John hunting on horseback

Was King John really that bad? Yes!

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

Saturday lecture: Medieval crime and violence. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

This is the famous Rhynie Man carved stone, thought to be Pictish in date. (Photo by © Aberdeenshire Council Archaeology Service: www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/archaeology)

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Illustration of King John ripping up Magna Carta

What if...Magna Carta hadn’t been written?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Photo of Queen Elizabeth II and members of the Privy Council

Your guide to...the Privy Council

A couple get amorous in this 14th-century illustration

Call the medieval sex doctor: how 7 problems might have been treated in the Middle Ages

Painting of an auto-da-fé

Your guide to...the Spanish Inquisition

Elma Brenner on medieval wellbeing: "People in the Middle Ages were absolutely focused on staying healthy"

Henry III during the Second Barons' War

Simon de Montfort and the barons’ crusade: why rebel lords waged holy war against Henry III

A Pictish stone carving featuring a salmon

BlogMedieval(ish) matters #3: the salmon of knowledge, rolling Roman mosaics, eels, and Crusades

A French 15th-century covered market

10 things you (probably) didn't know about the Middle Ages

Dissection of human cadaver by physicians

Ask the medieval doctor: 6 ailments and their treatments

Medieval banquet

What time of the day did medieval people eat?

Picture of the Battle of Beziers

In a nutshellThe Cathars and the Albigensian Crusade

A monk and his mistress

Monks behaving badly

An illumination depicts medieval women embroidering

Medieval misconceptions: 12 myths about life in the Middle Ages – busted

Clothes infected by the Black Death are burned in medieval Europe, c1340. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Black Death facts: your guide to "the worst catastrophe in recorded history"

A medieval couple being married by a clergyman

Love and marriage in medieval England

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

Image of a medieval skull showing arrow injury

BlogMedieval(ish) matters #2: arrows in the eye, The Last Kingdom, Viking dogs

What was a drunkard's cloak used for? This illustration shows a man wearing the archaic punishment tool designed to punish habitual drinkers. (Photo by Getty Images)

Q&AWhat was a drunkard’s cloak used for?