Illustrated Medieval scene from the Romance of Lancelot

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Excerpt from the Textus Roffensis showing Christ and a dragon

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The Textus Roffensis: a medieval manuscript to rival Magna Carta

Aesop's fables: The Fox and The Crow. Illustration after 1485 edition printed in Naples by German printers for Francesco del Tuppo. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images

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Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick and known as the Kingmaker, meets his end at the battle of Barnet in 1471

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Battle of Barnet: This lively, if inaccurate, 15th- century illustration of the shows a coronet- wearing Edward skewering Warwick with his lance

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The Battle Of Towton, fought on 29 March 1461, was brutal clash in the driving snow fought during the Wars of the Roses

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Richard III: your guide to the last Yorkist king of England

A medieval illustration of women fighting and toiling alongside men during a siege

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Henry the Young King is crowned in 1170. (Wikimedia Commons)

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A painting of Henry IV, housed in the National Portrait Gallery, London. English earls, Scottish kings, French dukes and a Welsh prince all tried to unseat Henry, yet this most resilient of medieval monarchs prevailed over them all. (Photo by Getty Images)

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Dr Jenna Dittmar, who has been studying medieval skeletons, reveals what her findings can tell us about injuries and violence in the era. (Image by Getty Images)

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A c1520–40 portrait of Henry VI

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Harold Godwinson is proclaimed king of England in the Bayeux Tapestry. It may have been commissioned by a Norman but this magnificent artwork repeatedly acknowledges the English leader’s piety and courage. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

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This image from the Nibelungenlied manuscript shows Pilgrim welcoming Kriemhild, a fictional character described as his neice in the text (Photo by Alamy)

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Illustration of the Black Death from the Chroicles of Gilles Li Muisis (1272-1352), Abbaye Saint-Martin de Tournai (Photo by Alamy)

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A depiction of Robin Hood, the heroic archer in English folklore who supposedly robbed the rich and gave to the poor. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

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A fanciful engraving imagines Peter the Hermit presenting Pope Urban II (centre) with a letter from Simeon II

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Launching the First Crusade

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