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HistoryExtra Medieval Masterclass with Dan Jones

Medieval Masterclass with Dan Jones Rebirth 1216–1347 AD . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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HistoryExtra Medieval Masterclass with Dan Jones

Medieval Masterclass with Dan Jones Dominium 750-1215 AD . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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HistoryExtra Medieval Masterclass with Dan Jones

Medieval Masterclass with Dan Jones Imperium 410-750 AD . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Froissart illustration of Hugh Despenser the Younger's execution by being hanged, drawn and quartered. Despenser is on a ladder, as a man beside him disembowels him and tosses his entrails into a fire

‘Godly butchery’: the horrifying history of hanging, drawing and quartering

A woman slops here chamberpot from a window onto pedestrians in the street below in this woodcut

Were medieval cities really filthy?

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Katherine Harvey discusses whether attitudes to sex in the Middle Ages were really so different from our own. (Image by Getty Images)

Sex lives of medieval people . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Christmas feasts with Annie Gray Episode 1: Medieval & Tudor revelry . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Chaucer reading his work to the court of Richard II

Katherine Swynford: the scandalous duchess and ancestress of royal dynasties

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Peter Stanford charts the story of Christianity in Britain and Ireland through historic religious buildings

What can churches tell us? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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From the courtesans of Edo Japan to the mollyhouses of Regency London, Kate Lister discusses the long and varied history of sex work. (Image by Getty Images)

Sex work: a brief history . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A 14th-century illustration of a farmer leading a pack animal through the ice and snow

The surprisingly modern Middle Ages

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Professor Marc David Baer discusses the Ottoman empire and its overlooked place in the “Age of Discovery”. (Image by Getty Images)

The Ottoman “Age of Discovery” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pod Michael Brown WL

Anglo-Scottish border wars: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Depiction of a musician and dancing fool in Paris, 14th century

What was life like for a court jester?

Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as Harry, Ron and Hermione on the set of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Photo by Peter Mountain/Warner Bros. Pictures/THA)

The real magic of Harry Potter: 15 details the wizarding world borrows from history