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Max Adams The First Kingdom: Britain in the Age of Arthur . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

This image from the Nibelungenlied manuscript shows Pilgrim welcoming Kriemhild, a fictional character described as his neice in the text (Photo by Alamy)
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The forged texts of the Middle Ages: why Europe’s holy men turned to counterfeiting

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Dr Kathleen Neal explains what we can learn about Edward I, the famously militaristic “Hammer of the Scots”, from his letters. (Image by Getty Images)
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Illustration of the Black Death from the Chroicles of Gilles Li Muisis (1272-1352), Abbaye Saint-Martin de Tournai (Photo by Alamy)
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The Black Death: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A depiction of Robin Hood, the heroic archer in English folklore who supposedly robbed the rich and gave to the poor. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)
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Robin Hood: 7 myths about the legendary outlaw of Sherwood Forest

A fanciful engraving imagines Peter the Hermit presenting Pope Urban II (centre) with a letter from Simeon II
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Launching the First Crusade

Henry IV of Germany asking for the forgiveness of Pope Gregory VII in Canossa in 1077. (Photo by De Agostini/Getty Images)
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Canossa: a medieval clash between church and state

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The shipwreck that sunk a royal dynasty . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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9 of the worst monarchs in history

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What if… Richard III had won at Bosworth? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Stephen Baxter on the Domesday Book (Image by Getty Images)
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Domesday Book: medieval big data . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Edward Brooke-Hitching discusses some of history’s strangest literary curiosities. (Image by Getty Images)
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Bizarre books and macabre manuscripts . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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What happened when Thomas Becket, was brutally murdered in his cathedral? (Image by Getty Images)
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Lauren Johnson responds to listener questions about the Wars of the Roses. (Image by Getty Images)
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Telling spooky tales at Christmastime is a very old tradition. Francis Young explains the origins of this custom and what it tells us. (Image by Getty Images)
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