Medieval life

A Saracen attack on Crusaders, from the French manuscript 'Chroniques de Saint Denis', c1200. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Traders and crusaders

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

5 of the worst smells in medieval London

Illustration of couple with bubonic plague

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

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

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

Some household cures would aim to rebalance the body's humours

Household medicine: sickness, salves and skillets

Detail from the Devonshire Hunting Tapestries, showing hawking. Made in Tournai in the 15th century. (Photo by CM Dixon/Print Collector/Getty Images)

The Library The medieval huntress

The Holy Face by Andrei Rublev. Tempera on wood, 14th century. Moscow, Russia. (Photo by VCG Wilson/Corbis via Getty Images)

The mutation of Christianity

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The Library Bermuda in the British Empire and Medieval brutality . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Medieval petitions and 17th-century astronomers . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Life in a London slum and the Last Judgement . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The 14th-century Gough Map

The Gough Map: a map of medieval Britain

Street view of the medieval city of Dinan that belongs to the province of Brittany in the northwestern part of France

History holidays: French fancy