Illustrated Medieval scene from the Romance of Lancelot

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Late-medieval England course: week three quiz. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

HistoryExtra Academy video lecture: political participation in late-medieval England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Court proceedings presided by the king ordering an arrest © Alamy

King's justice: raising a grievance in medieval England. 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)

How King John helped bring about a political miracle in medieval England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Late-medieval England course: week two quiz. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

HistoryExtra Academy video lecture: family and community in late-medieval England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

5 things you (probably) didn't know about... late medieval England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Late-medieval England courseWeek one quiz. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

HistoryExtra Academy video lectureFaith and worship in late-medieval England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Two couples kissing in The Decameron

“Slapstick and smutty”: the real medieval history behind The Decameron

The Decameron: sex, plague, and a medieval Love Island. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Toilets through time: medieval privies. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The poor man and the pilgrim receive hospitality at a monastery in this 13th century miniature (Photo by: Photo12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

How to go on a medieval pilgrimage. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

1217: the year that (almost) changed English history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A crusader army led by French king Louis IX clashes with Ayyubid forces at Mansurah in 1250. Two centuries of warfare across the Middle East “drew a torrent of often dangerous young men into the region”, writes Steve Tibble. (Photo by Getty Images)

Crusader criminals: why medieval knights went rogue in the Holy Land. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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King Robert I of Scotland statue at Stirling Castle.

The man, the myth, the murderer: how Robert the Bruce slaughtered his way to the throne. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The England football team badge, showing three lions on a field of ten Tudor roses

Q&AWhy are there three lions on the shirts of the English football team?

How the Plantagenets forged the English state. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Climbing monks, wrestling kings and marching nuns: what people in the Middle Ages did to exercise. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Medieval keep fit. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Kublai Khan

Kublai Khan: the Mongol ruler who conquered China

Statues of Richard I and his wife Berengaria of Navarre

Berengaria of Navarre: Richard I’s forgotten queen. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Breastfeeding in the Middle Ages. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Video podcastRenaissance eugenics. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

Knights! Camera! Action!: the Middle Ages on film. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Aztec myths. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A photo a two men riding horses, all dressed in jousting gear.

My life in historyJouster at the Royal Armouries. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.