Illustrated Medieval scene from the Romance of Lancelot

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A still image from A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms showing an armoured knight with a lance.

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A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is much more historically accurate than you think – here's why

An illustration of the English King Aethelstan, in front of Viking silver.

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How England’s first king used an unexpected weapon to defeat the Vikings

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Medieval vampire slayers: why did our ancestors dig up and dismember the dead?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A scene from the Bayeux Tapestry showing soldiers crossing the Channel in a large sailing ship, with shields lining the sides of the vessel. Other ships are visible nearby, while animals and decorative motifs appear in the border below.

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Conquest? What conquest? The other dramatic events that really mattered in 1066. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Could this civil war have toppled England? The battle for Dover Castle. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A composite image showing the Queen Mother in front of the Bayeux Tapestry.

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Could the Queen Mother have secured the loan of the Bayeux Tapestry to the British Museum 45 years ago?

A detail from the Bayeux Tapestry showing a moment of violence between the Anglo-Saxons and Normans.

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After 1066, this medieval fine was imposed to deter anti-Norman violence

Medieval illustration of warriors riding horses.

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Warhorses were one of the most deadly weapons on a medieval battlefield. But why didn’t they run away?

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Live locally, live sustainably. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

This portrait presents Saladin wearing an elaborate headdress, emphasising his status as a ruler of the medieval Islamic world.

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Meet the shadowy assassins who were seconds from taking out Saladin – and upending the Crusades

The Bayeux Tapestry depicts Harold Godwinson, Earl of Wessex and future king of England, riding a horse with a hawk perched on his hand.

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The Bayeux Tapestry is beautiful, but what was its purpose? New research might have the answer

An illustration of a monk writing on a large piece of parchment, with colourful and dramatic scenes spilling out of the pen

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The Book of Kells: "a masterpiece of medieval calligraphy and painting". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Margaret Beaufort: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A colourised portrait of English astronomer Edmond Halley, wearing a long curled wig and red robes. A bright comet streaks through a starry sky in the background.

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Has history’s most famous comet been misnamed for centuries? “The answer is clear,” say historians

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Assassins vs Templars. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 4How William the Conqueror brutally secured rule of England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Empress Matilda: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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How warhorses transformed medieval England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

This illustration shows the chief of the Taensa people receiving the French explorer René-Robert Cavelier de La Salle on 20 March 1682. Set in what is now Louisiana, the scene reflects the early encounters between Indigenous nations of the Lower Mississippi Valley and Europeans

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Step inside the lost Native American city that rivalled medieval London

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What Was Life REALLY like in a Medieval Castle? The truth about castle living. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Habsburg royals displaying the distinctive jaw that became a hallmark of their intermarrying to stay in power. (Images by Getty)

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What was the Habsburg jaw?

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Episode 3How 1066 altered England’s fate FOREVER. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

This late 15th-century illustration shows crusader forces besieging Damascus during the ill-fated Second Crusade in 1148. The armies of King Baldwin III of Jerusalem, Emperor Conrad III of Germany, and King Louis VII of France converge on the city, only for the campaign to collapse in defeat. Likely produced in Bruges for a chronicle of the Crusades, the image reflects how later medieval artists interpreted one of the crusading movement’s most damaging failures.

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Who won the crusades? The causes, death toll, and number of medieval holy wars explained

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Episode 2Medieval privies. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 2The LAST Anglo-Saxon kings of England | Harold II and the road to 1066. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 1 The VIKING king of England: the story of King Cnut and the Danish conquest of 1016. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Was Robin Hood ACTUALLY real? The history explained. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A selection of illustrations of medical procedures, including childbirth and someone vomiting, around a circular chart that depicts flasks of different coloured urine

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Marvellous medieval medicine: why their curious cures were better than you think. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 3Was Henry V really DESTINED for greatness?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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