Medieval

Richard Cavendish remembers the death of an ill-fated medieval Scottish king, on August 3rd 1460.

Helen Castor visits the History Today archive to find Maurice Keen's 1959 analysis of an important collection of family letters that offer an unparalleled insight into gentry life in 15th-century England.

Roger Crowley finds that modern European concerns about Turkey are anticipated in an article by Bernard Lewis, first published in 1953.

The Teutonic Knights were defeated at the Battle of Grunwald, on July 15th, 1410.

Miri Rubin explores the medieval galleries at the V&A and the British Museum.

In the 15th century, Cyriacus of Ancona journeyed in search of the Mediterranean’s Classical past. In so doing, he laid the groundwork for the 18th-century Grand Tour and today’s cultural holidays, as Marina Belozerskaya explains.

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.