Medieval battles

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?

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?

The burning of Templars, from ‘De casibus virorum illustrium’ by Giovanni Boccaccio. Found in the collection of the British Library. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

The Templars: a brief history

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The 1267 Treaty of Montgomery: a prince’s hope for the future of Wales

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The Temple Church, London, a late 12th-century church built for and by the Knights Templar. (Photo by LatitudeStock - David Williams/Getty Images)

History explorer: The Knights Templar . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The siege of Orleans

Q&A Did castle defenders really pour boiling oil down on attackers?

Photo of gauntlets

Q&A Why do we say throw down the gauntlet?

The Harrying of the North. Gouache on paper, by Patrick Nicolle (1907–95). Private collection. (© Look and Learn/Bridgeman Images)

Occupation, resistance, subjugation: the bloody aftermath of 1066

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The 1016 Danish Conquest that led to the battle of Hastings

Battle of Hastings. (Neil Holmes/Getty Images)

Q&A: If the battle of Hastings had never taken place, would British history have been any different?

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

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Royal palaces of the Hundred Years’ War

BN1G7H Cerne Abbey, Cerne Abbas, Dorset, England, Great Britain

On the trail of the Yorks: 8 places associated with Richard III’s family

Events leading up to the battle of Hastings, and the conflict itself, are depicted in the Bayeux tapestry, a 68-metre-long embroidered frieze probably made within 20 years of the Conquest. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

Bayeux unravelled: the scenes behind the threads

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Kenilworth Castle in Warwickshire. (Photo by Getty Images)

History explorer The Second Barons’ War . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.