Medieval

Janet L. Nelson argues that the study of medieval history in British schools is just what the twenty-first century requires.

Michelle Brown, curator of Illuminated Manuscripts at the British Library, discusses new interpretations of this treasure, and how this month visitors to the Library will be able to get closer to it than ever before.

Richard Fletcher asks to what extent medieval Christians and Muslims sought to move beyond mutual hostility.

O.H. Creighton examines the many and varied reasons behind the siting of Norman castles, and considers their decisive effect on the cultural landscape of Britain.

Jeremy Black warns against a simplistic characterisation of a complex and diverse period.

Maurice Keen looks at the significance of female lines of descent in heraldic arms, and what this tells us about women of noble and gentle birth in medieval England.

Borrowing the money to hire 3,000 mercenaries, Henry crossed the Channel in a howling gale on 6 January 1153.

Bernard Hamilton unravels the complex tale of the spread of the Christian faith and its competing hierarchies.

King Æthelred ordered the massacre of Danes in England on November 13th, 1002.

Pope Boniface VIII issued the papal bull Unam Sanctam, the most famous papal document of the Middle Ages, on November 18th, 1302.