Medieval

Tristram Hunt finds inspiration for his study of civic consciousness in Tuscany and the lecture halls of Cambridge.

Andrew Petersen uncovers the city that was once the Palestinian capital and suggests reasons for its decline in the 11th century.

The Duke of Burgundy, named 'bold' for his bravery at the age of 14 in the Battle of Poitiers, died on April 27th, 1404.

The first pope to call himself ‘servant of the servants of God’ died on March 12th, 604.

Nick Barratt argues that Normandy’s loss in the reign of King John has had a far-reaching impact on Britain.

Jon Cook identifies the mix of factors that helps explain the Florentine Renaissance.

To accompany the major exhibition opening at the Victoria & Albert Museum, Janet Backhouse explores the varied roles of patronage in the art of the later Middle Ages.

Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, died on October 9th, 1253, at his favourite manor house at Buckden in Huntingdonshire.

The succession of conflicts known as the Hundred Years War ended on October 19th, 1453, when Bordeaux surrendered, leaving Calais as the last English possession in France.

James Williams considers hunting as the ideal pastime for the nobility in the sixteenth century.