Medieval

Left: Prince Charles and Princess Diana on their wedding day, 29 July 1981. Right: Prince William and Catherine Middleton on their wedding day, 29 April 2011. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

The 8 most famous royal weddings in British history

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Statue of Richard the Lionheart outside the Houses of Parliament at Westminster. (Photo by Dreamstime)

Lionheart of stone: the medieval statue debate . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Statue of King Richard I outside the Palace of Westminster in London

Blog Medieval(ish) matters #13: Why aren’t monuments to medieval figures included in the statues debate, and was there racism in the Middle Ages?

The capture of Jerusalem in 1099

How the First Crusade captured Jerusalem in 1099

York Minster's rose window features 16th-century Tudor Roses white on red (left) and Lancastrian Roses, red

A brief history of the English rose

Hamo Thornycroft's 1901 statue of King Alfred the Great in Winchester. (Photo by RDImages/Epics/Getty Images)

Blog Medieval(ish) matters #12: secrets of the famous Anglo-Saxon Chronicles

A miniature from the Codex Justinianus

Plague, famine and sudden death: 10 dangers of the medieval period

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Wolfson Prize winner 2020 David Abulafia. (Photo by Fran Monks)

Exclusive podcast David Abulafia on The Boundless Sea . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Taking of Jerusalem by the Crusaders, Painting by Emile Signol (1804–1892), (Photo by Leemage/Corbis via Getty Images)

Blog Medieval(ish) matters 11: Did women fight in the crusades? And why did people follow a goose to the Holy Land?

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The bronze equestrian statue of Robert the Bruce looks out over the site of the Battle of Bannockburn, Stirling, where the Scottish fought for their independence from the English in 1314. (Photo by Getty Images)

The Scottish Wars of Independence: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A 13th-century illumination showing the coronation of Foulques and Melisende. (Photo by Alamy)

Women and the crusades . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A gilt-bronze effigy of Henry III in what is his greatest legacy, Westminster Abbey. (Photo by Alamy)

Henry III in his own words: the medieval king as you’ve never seen him before

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Japanese school girls wear protective masks to guard against the influenza outbreak, February 1920. (Photo by Getty Images)

A history of pandemics: from Spanish Flu to Covid-19 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Thomas Becket murder

7 controversial saints in history

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Queen Emma and her sons

Exclusive podcast William and Cnut: a tale of two conquerors . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.