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A map showing the Cinque ports
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Q&A What are the Cinque Ports?

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

Margaret Beaufort, shown in a c16th‐century oil on panel painting
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Margaret Beaufort: mother of the Tudors

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Jonah being devoured by a whale
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Quiz Medieval manuscript animals . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Life - Saladin WL
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Medieval breastfeeding: an act of love . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Lothar II vs Theutberga: a marriage scandal that shook the ninth century . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Medieval dinner scene.
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Medieval manners and etiquette: dos and don’ts of the Middle Ages . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

KRRWN3 Frescos by Memmo di Filippuccio in Camera del Podesta (Podesta apartments ) in Palazzo Comunale in Historic Centre of San Gimignano listed World Herit
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Medieval podcast episodes

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Madonna of Humility, 1544. The nursing Virgin Mary is based on a Byzantine icon, but also on the direct observance of a mother with her baby. Everyday intimacy is coupled with Christian symbolism. (Image from TopFoto)
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Plague, leprosy & murder: unlocking the secrets of medieval bones . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Minamoto no Yoritomo was the founder and the first shogun of the Kamakura Shogunate
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What is a shōgunate in Japanese history?

St David, patron saint of Wales, in stained glass
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Who was St David? The history of St David’s Day and its traditions