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Both adults and children were required to attend church – candle in hand – on the festival of Candlemas. (Image by Getty Images)

Medieval church calendarA guide to the holy days

Christianity: a success story from the start?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Afghan fighters on top of a destroyed Soviet helicopter, 1980 (Photo by Alain Dejean/Sygma via Getty Images)

War without end: conflict in Afghanistan, from the Cold War Soviet invasion to the Taliban. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Thousands gathered in Portugal in October 1917 to witness the Miracle of the Sun.

Miracle of the SunWhy thousands gathered in 1917 to witness a solar vision

The Knights Templar: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The big questions of religious history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

St Hadrian of Canterbury

15 minutes of fameMichael Wood chooses St Hadrian. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

St Hadrian of CanterburyMedieval African theologian. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Medieval monks: a day in the life. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Saint Wilfrid

15 minutes of fameMarc Morris chooses Saint Wilfrid

St WilfridQuarrelsome church reformer. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hildegard of BingenMedieval polymath. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Reconstructing the body of God. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Episode 4Religion and belief. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Bronze figure of Sulis, the Celtic goddess associated with medicine, fertility and healing. (Image by Getty Images)

Religion in Roman Britain: spreading the word of the gods. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Cathedrals: from bishops' seats to tourist hotspots. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

As well as practising Wicca, other traditions with Pagan roots – such as celebrating the summer solstice at Stonehenge – still remain popular. (Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe/AFP via Getty Images)

Wicca and modern witchcraft: a history

Episode 5Death, sin & spirituality. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

What if...The Ottomans had won at Lepanto in 1571?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

St George’s Day: 11 facts about England's patron saint

Colour illustration of people gathering outside a church during the Middle Ages

The medieval church: your guide to religion and worship in the Middle Ages

Eggs, bunnies and Jesus Christ: the history and origins of Easter

Stone engraved with the representation of the gods Odin, Thor and Frey, with a sacrifice to Odin

Christians and pagans in Norse society: the real religious rifts between Vikings

A 19th-century lithograph showing a medieval criminal claiming sanctuary by placing his arm through the ring on a church door (Picture by Bridgman)

Sanctuary in medieval churches: how criminals found protection from capture and punishment. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Trading and crusading in the Middle Ages. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hells, heavens and afterworlds: a traveller’s guide. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

St Columba. This Irish patron saint's influence on the Christian church was, and still is, felt much further afield

Medieval miracle worker: how St Columba transformed Christianity in Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

What can churches tell us?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A 14th-century illustration of a farmer leading a pack animal through the ice and snow

The surprisingly modern Middle Ages. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A carving of the Viking gods Odin, Thor and Freyr with a sacrifice above them. It was found on the Swedish island of Gotland (Photo by: PHAS/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Gods, myths and rituals: what we know about Viking religious beliefs