Eleanor Parker

An Icelandic scholar exemplifies the rich cultural exchanges of the Middle Ages. 

If the English language had taken a different path, historians might not exist.

Medieval women wielded spiritual and political power in subtly effective ways. 

The unlikely links between an obscure English saint and a Viking warrior.

Visiting sites of importance can connect us with history – and each other – in a way that echoes the power of medieval pilgrimage.

A historical landscape is impossible to recover, but we can still feel its power.

Despite the myth of a lone genius toiling away into the night, history is a collective endeavour.

It is tempting to adopt a black-and-white view of the past, but history is complex and should be judged on its own merits.

Even the most obscure topic can be fascinating, and fascination can be found in the most unlikely places.

Modern Britain is dominated economically, culturally and politically by London, its capital city. It was not always that way, as an examination of medieval texts reveals.