Medieval

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.

J.S. Hamilton weighs the evidence and concludes that Edward II and his notorious favourite were more than just good friends.

Raymond E Role explores the evolution of the intramural games that began in the Middle Ages and still flourish in Italy today.

Brian Golding looks at life under the Norman Yoke during the consolidating reign of Henry I.

Jonathan Hughes describes how the new classical-inspired education given to young members of the aristocracy in the fifteenth century laid the foundations for future English ideas of education, empire and public service.