Illustrated Medieval scene from the Romance of Lancelot

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Visit historic Lichfield

English Houses 1300–1800

King John and the French invasion of England

The LibraryMedieval outlaws: the real Robin Hoods

Medieval Life and Death Festival, 18–22 May 2020

Where the Bosworth battle really happened and a detailed look at rationing. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The battle of Bosworth site. (Photo by Darren Walker/Dreamstime)

The LibraryBosworth: did gunpowder win the day?

A helmet marks a trail over fields from the Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre, 2013. The site is close to the spot where the battle of Bosworth took place in 1485, and the place where King Richard III was killed. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Bosworth: the race to find the battlefield

Boar badge of Richard III discovered in Bosworth Field. (Photo by Creative Commons)

Bosworth battle site: have we discovered where Richard III died?

Cromwell's words, Richard's crusades and the 1930s. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Arundel castle at dawn

Where history happened: Stephen and Matilda. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Some household cures would aim to rebalance the body's humours

Household medicine: sickness, salves and skillets

Detail from the Devonshire Hunting Tapestries, showing hawking. Made in Tournai in the 15th century. (Photo by CM Dixon/Print Collector/Getty Images)

The LibraryThe medieval huntress

The Time Traveller’s Guide to Medieval England

The Holy Face by Andrei Rublev. Tempera on wood, 14th century. Moscow, Russia. (Photo by VCG Wilson/Corbis via Getty Images)

The mutation of Christianity

The LibraryThe private lives of the British and the cruelty of Henry V. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portrait of King Henry V of England (1387-1422), dated 15th century. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

Henry V: the cruel king

The LibraryBermuda in the British Empire and Medieval brutality. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The LibraryThomas Becket and 16th-century swimming. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Medieval petitions and 17th-century astronomers. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The burning of Templars (From: De casibus virorum illustrium by Giovanni Boccaccio). Artist: Master of the White inscriptions (active ca 1480)

The Templars on trial: a very muted inquisition

D-Day and the Templar on trial. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The legend of King Arthur and fighter pilots. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The LibraryAn adulterous scandal and a grisly end. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Life in a London slum and the Last Judgement. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

King Arthur addresses his knights in a 12th-century Arthurian manuscript now held in Rennes, France. (Photo by: Leemage/UIG via Getty Images)

Would the real King Arthur please stand up

Gentile Bellini

My history hero: Gentile Bellini (1429-1507). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The 14th-century Gough Map

The Gough Map: a map of medieval Britain

History holidays: French fancy

ilver penny of King Alfred

The real Alfred the Great