Medieval battles

Agincourt was one of the major battles of the Hundred Years' War.

Agincourt: medieval England’s finest hour?

Portrait of Richard III, dated 15th century. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

Treachery at Bosworth: what really brought down Richard III

The blue-robed Henry VII pictured performing a variety of tasks at the Tower of London following his accession to the throne, in a contemporary illustration. (Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

Bosworth: the dawn of the Tudors

c1400, English troops use siege towers to capture a French town during the Hundred Years' War between England and France. Original Artwork: An illumination from Froissart's Chronicles. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

7 facts about the Hundred Years’ War

Detail from the Bayeux tapestry, which depicts the Norman conquest of England in 1066. (DeAgostini/Getty Images)

10 medieval dates you need to know

A scene from the Bayeux Tapestry depicting the Norman conquest of England in 1066. (Photo by DEA/M. SEEMULLER via Getty Images)

The Bayeux Tapestry now and in the future

Harold Godwinson’s two eldest sons fled to Ireland after the Battle of Hastings, where they lived as guests of the King of Leinster. (Photo by Duncan1890 via Getty Images)

Q&A What happened to Harold Godwinson’s children after the Battle of Hastings?

Thomas Becket

The Library England’s forgotten civil war

Norman cavalry charge the enemy in this detail from the Bayeux Tapestry. Debate rages over the pros and cons of the tapestry leaving France for the first time in more than 900 years. (Photo by Photo 12/Getty Images)

Will the Bayeux Tapestry actually come to Britain?

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The distinctive polygon towers of Caernarfon Castle. (Photo by Gail Johnson/Getty Images)

History explorer The conquest of Wales . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The ‘Princes in the Tower’

The 5 greatest mysteries behind the Wars of the Roses

Memorial cross at Flodden Field, site of Battle of Flodden 1513, Northumberland, 1994. (Photo by English Heritage/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

8 of Britain’s best battlefields

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Thomas Asbridge

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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Podcast Website large Kathryn Hurlock

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.