Medieval

The execution of Charles I. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

Murder, conspiracy and execution: six centuries of scandalous royal deaths

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Books interview with Thomas Asbridge: “Richard was a member of medieval Europe’s most dysfunctional family” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The story of the Bayeux Tapestry . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A scene depicted on the 11th-century Bayeux Tapestry.

Bayeux Tapestry to be loaned to the UK: historians react . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The charging Norman cavalry shown in glorious technicolour at the battle of Hastings in this masterpiece of storytelling. (Art Archive)

How English is the Bayeux Tapestry?

Alexander Fleming, the Scottish bacteriologist who inadvertently discovered the world's first antibiotic after leaving a petri dish unwashed while he went on holiday. (Bettman via Getty Images)

6 trivial decisions that changed British history

A British soldier uses a searchlight to spot German aircraft during the Second World War. Britain has lived with the fear of invasion for several centuries, a fact reflected in its architecture, its art and its people’s mental health. (Photo by David Savill/Getty Images)

The Library The island fortress fallacy

An 1864 illustration depicts King Henry VI and the Dukes of York and Somerset, after York's return from Ireland in 1450. Artist James William Edmund Doyle. (Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images)

The Wars of the Roses: York v Beaufort?

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The real history behind ‘The White Princess’

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How networks shape history . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Carbonniere near Aigues Mortes, Saint Laurent d'Aigouze, Gard,White horses in the Camargue, France

My favourite place: the Camargue, France

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The search for King Arthur . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The Medici . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Flagellants or Brothers of the Cross in Netherlands scourging themselves as they walk through streets

Quiz How much do you know about medieval history?

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Richard III reconsidered . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.