Eleanor Parker

Archaeologists and historians are on the same side, despite what journalists say.

After 800 years, a playful medieval poem still offers lessons in how not to debate. 

A medieval masterpiece has much to say about the modern preoccupation with greed.

An Icelandic scholar exemplifies the rich cultural exchanges of the Middle Ages. 

If the English language had taken a different path, historians might not exist.

Medieval women wielded spiritual and political power in subtly effective ways. 

The unlikely links between an obscure English saint and a Viking warrior.

Visiting sites of importance can connect us with history – and each other – in a way that echoes the power of medieval pilgrimage.

A historical landscape is impossible to recover, but we can still feel its power.

Despite the myth of a lone genius toiling away into the night, history is a collective endeavour.