Medieval

Anthony Pollard visits the History Today archive to examine Alan Rogers’ claim that a lack of principle among rival lords resulted in the great conflagration of 15th-century England.

The murder of a 12-year-old boy in Norwich in 1144 inspired Thomas of Monmouth, a monk from the city's cathedral, to create an anti-semitic account of the incident. His influential work reveals much about life and belief in medieval England, argues Miri Rubin.

Eadwig died on October 1st, 959, still in his teens, in circumstances which remain unknown.

Richard Cavendish remembers the death of England's only pope, on September 1st, 1159.

Medieval scholars were the first to make the connection between maths and science and anticipated the discovery of inertia long before Newton. So why have their discoveries been forgotten, asks James Hannam.

Robert Hughes provides an Examiner's Commentary

Lucy Wooding introduces a highly significant, but often much misunderstood, cultural force.

On August 1st, 1259, the English renewed a truce which recognised Llywelyn ap Gruffydd as Prince of Wales.

Henry II was fatally injured by the Count of Montgomery during a jousting tournament. He died on July 10th, 1559.