Medieval

by Chris Given-Wilson & Alice Curteis

Roger A. Mason on the myths and power of Scotland's line of kings

Simon Keynes examines the variety of books on Anglo-Saxon rulers.

Norman Macdougall explores the vicissitudes of James IV's reign; although regarded as a paragon amongst Scottish kings, his downfall owed much to his failings.

The murder of young Edmund de Pashley uncovered a family feud that illuminates the realities of late-medieval crime.

Mildred Budny gauges the scale and achievement of 11th-century art.

The trade guilds of Venice, explains Richard Mackenney, were organisations with a surprising amount of political and economic power in the patrician Renaissance city.

Maurice Keen discusses how Heralds' secular, learned expertise developed.

Gabriel Ronay traces the story of the 'forgotten' rightful heir to the throne of England – who could, perhaps, have saved Anglo-Saxon England from a Norman invasion in 1066.