Medieval

J.J.N. McGurk reflects on the eighth centenary of Becket's martyrdom.

George Woodcock describes how, during the centuries after his death, Alexander became many things to many peoples and in countries often distant from those that saw his exploits.

Soon after their humiliating reverse at Weardale, writes I.M. Davis, the English recognized Scottish independence in the Treaty of Northampton.

J.A. Boyle describes how the Venetian traveller’s account of his travels sometimes tried his friends’ credulity.

Colin Davies introduces the Greek philosopher and physician who flourished in Sicily during the fifth century B.C.

Desmond Seward describes the abrupt end of a European military and financial institution.

Anthony Bryer takes a visit to Nicaea; The seat of early Church Councils and, for a while, of the Byzantine Emperors, it has a history stretching from the reign of Alexander the Great to the present day.

Peter Heidtmann introduces the charismatic leader of a reforming heretical sect at the end of the fourteenth century.

David Jones describes how romanized Gothic and Vandal leaders overran the capital of a declining Empire in the fifth century.

If the world were ruled by a single Christian monarch, peace and justice would prevail: such was Dante’s vision in the early fourteenth century, writes Robert F. Murphy.