Medieval

September 8th, 1051

Robert Curthose invaded England on July 21st, 1101.

Anthony Bryer considers the life and work of this great historian, who died in November 2000.

Geoffrey Woodward assesses how great an impact the Turks had on sixteenth-century Europe.

Andrew Robinson enjoys contradicting the image too many people have of the medieval period.

The most gifted, vivid and extraordinary of the medieval Holy Roman Emperors died on December 13th, 1250.

Eric Ives looks at the cases of two English monarchs who broke with convention by selecting spouses for reasons of the heart, rather than political convenience.

Steven Gunn looks at the condition of Britain at the beginning of the Tudor era, and finds a society that was increasingly cohesive, confident and cosmopolitan.

Nigel Saul tells how, in spite of famines and visitations of the plague, conditions were better than ever before for those living in 1400.