Medieval

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Arundel Castle, West Sussex

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Durham Cathedral on a sunny day. Taken near to the water of the River Wear. (Dreamstime)

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Richard I (also known as Richard the Lionheart) frequently dated documents with the 'regnal year'. An example of this might be

A legacy of the lionheart

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Pickering Castle, North Yorkshire

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Is there evidence of prejudice against left-handers in the medieval period?

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General prehistory

Clearwell Caves, Gloucestershire

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Provost Skene’s House, Aberdeen

Richard II, led captive by Henry Bolingbroke (later Henry IV), renounces the throne in Jean Creton's 'Histoire du Roy d'Angleterre Richard II' (1401-05). (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Richard II: “I find myself a traitor”

The death of Aelfeah at the hands of the Danes, portrayed in a window of St Luke's church, Bath. (Photo by: MyLoupe/UIG via Getty Images)

St Ælfheah: Canterbury’s other martyr

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Stamford, Lincolnshire

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St Albans Clock Tower, Hertfordshire

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Castle Campbell, Clackmannanshire

A hand-coloured lithograph showing St Patrick, national apostle of Ireland. (VCG Wilson/Corbis via Getty Images)

Britain’s medieval identity crisis

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Dundrennan Abbey, Dumfries and Galloway

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