Medieval

An empty knight's armor sitting on a chest.

Q&A How did knights in armour go to the toilet?

The Knights of the Round Table are that the heart of many Arthurian legends

Who were the Knights of the Round Table in Arthurian legend, and where does the Holy Grail fit in?

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Camilla Townsend on the HistoryExtra podcast. (Image by Getty Images)

Aztecs in their own words . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Richard M Eaton on the HistoryExtra podcast (Image by Getty Images)

A new take on India’s history . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Thomas Penn on the House of York.

A Triple Bond Broken: The Destruction of the House of York . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Naming of St John the Baptist, c12th century. From a wall painting in the crypt of Canterbury Cathedral. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Medieval baby names: what were people called in the Middle Ages?

Edward the Confessor seated at a banquet

Edward the Confessor: England’s holy hardman

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ever before,” says Margaret MacMillan. (Photo by Popperfoto/Getty Images)

“We’ve come to think that peace is normal, but that’s not the reality”: Margaret MacMillan on humanity’s compulsion to go to war . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Halloween postcard

10 things you didn’t know about the history (and mystery) of Halloween

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The month of November, gathering acorns and hare hunting. (Photo by Getty Images)

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

The battle of Dover, 24 August 1217, (image c1880). (Photo by Print Collector/Getty Images)

Eustace the Monk: one of medieval Europe’s unholiest holy men

In 802 Charlemagne took delivery of an elephant, sent to him by Harun al-Rashid, the caliph in Baghdad. Here, a manuscript illumination from a late 12th century English Latin bestiary. (Image by Alamy)

8 turning points in medieval European history

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The storming of Beziers

Medieval turning points . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A photograph of the Tower of London, from the river

Anne Boleyn, Beefeaters, Guy Fawkes and the princes: a brief history of the Tower of London

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Princes in the Tower HistoryExtra podcast series title card

Princes in the Tower Episode 8: A conclusion (of sorts) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.