Illustrated Medieval scene from the Romance of Lancelot

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Members of Assassins cult kill Conrad I of Jerusalem.

Game of Thrones: the real-life medieval history.

Student life and working class culture.

An illustration from an 11th-century manuscript depicting a king and his minister doing justice, c1050. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Medieval English law in the time of Magna Carta.

c1754: Siege of a town led by Godefroy de Bouillon (c1060-1100) 1st Crusade (1095-1099), showing Saracens firing arrows at Crusaders as they attempt to scale the walls. From manuscript of Roman de Godefroy de Bouillon. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

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Kidding/not kidding: a medieval sense of humour.

The Franciscans treating victims of the plague, miniature from La Franceschina, c1474, codex by Jacopo Oddi. Perugia, Biblioteca Capitolare (Library). (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

The hospital experience in medieval England

Aerial view on Westminster Abbey at night. (Photo by Pawel Libera/LightRocket via Getty Images)

7 of England’s best medieval buildings.

Joan of Kent. (Image by Getty)

Joan of Kent: a perfect princess?

Middle East history special.

A relief at the World Heritage site of Xanadu in Inner Mongolia, China. (Photo by Dreamstime)

My favourite place: Xanadu, China

16th century engraving depicting a man with leprosy

Q&AHow did doctors treat leprosy?

The Romanovs and King Arthur.

Postwar Germany and medieval CSI.

KRISTOFER HIVJU GAME OF THRONES

Game of Thrones: medieval inspiration.

5 festive facts from BBC Two’s QI

Charles VI of France (1380–1422)

Owain Glyndwr: The last Welsh Prince of Wales.

The Peasants’ Revolt and a Cold War spy.

In pictures: Medieval women

Richard III: A hostage to fortune.

The Last Kingdom and Agincourt.

17 unmissable battles podcasts

A year in medieval England.

Tixall Gatehouse, Staffordshire. (Photo by The Landmark Trust)

10 of Britain’s most amazing landmark buildings.

Winston Churchill by Yousuf Karsh

Simon Schama's portraits of a nation.

The tomb of the Crusader knight Richard de Crupes.

Books interview with Christopher Tyerman: "Religious war isn't an irrational act, and we shouldn't dismiss it as irrational".

Queen Elizabeth II

How to be a successful monarch.

Calendars of the twelve months (Photo by Leemage/Corbis via Getty Images)

Medieval immigrants: moving to England in the Middle Ages.

Looking inside the medieval Holt Castle.

Michael Wood on... the battle of Agincourt.