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St Augustine’s Abbey, Canterbury

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Illustration by Jonty Clark.

Ye Olde Travel Guide: Samarkand 1404 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A woman empties a chamber pot in this wood carving from c1489. In the medieval period,

5 of the worst smells in medieval London

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Illustration by Jonty Clark.

Ye olde travel guide: Acre AD 1272 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The coronation of King Henry III, 13th century. (Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

The fine rolls of King Henry III

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Where the Black Death happened: 9 places connected to the plague

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Arbroath Abbey

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Finger painting

This engraving by Charles Grignion (1717–1810) is taken from a lost bust of John Leland at All Souls College, Oxford. Leland's bibliography of British writers is a unique record of the country's medieval literature before it was decimated by Henry VIII's agents. (Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

John Leland: The man who saved medieval knowledge

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The plague, Sir Walter Ralegh and Jerusalem . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Modern day Kibworth, Leicestershire. (Alamy)

England in miniature

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Visit historic Lichfield

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English Houses 1300–1800

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Credit: f.259r The Siege of Chateau-Gaillard in 1204 when Philip Augustus of France (1165-1223) defeated King John (Lackland) of England (1199-1216), from the Grandes Chroniques de France, 1375-79 (vellum) by French School, (14th century)
Bibliotheque Municipale, Castres, France/ Giraudon/ The Bridgeman Art Library
Nationality / copyright status: French / out of copyright

King John and the French invasion of England

The seal matrix of Robert fitz Walter, who was outlawed in 1213, charged with plotting King John's death. (Culture Club/Getty Images)

The Library Medieval outlaws: the real Robin Hoods