Medieval

Bruce Campbell argues that a unique conjunction of human and environmental factors went into creating the crisis of the mid-14th century.

Emma Mason argues that rising population brought a surprising degree of movement, politically, geographically and socially.

Ann Williams describes the state of the island at a time when Anglo-Saxon culture was reaching its peak, while also politically challenged by the Vikings.

James Campbell peers into the murk of the ‘Dark Ages’ and sifts truth from fiction about our post-Roman history.

Debra Higgs Strickland examines the extraordinary demonology of medieval Christendom and the way it endowed strangers and enemies with monstrous qualities.

Rhoads Murphey helps us to distinguish between the legendary and the real in the legacy of a great empire-builder.

The editor of the Evening Standard reflects on the romantic roots of his interest in history.

Nigel Saul reviews a work by C. M. Woolgar

Alexander II died on July 8th, 1249, aged fifty. His reign was often later remembered in Scotland as a golden age.