Spain's Islamic Legacy
Akbar Ahmed looks at the legacy of a Moorish past for the present Spain.
Medieval
Robin Hood - A Peasant Hero
Maurice Keen describes how, in the years around the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 Robin Hood emerged as the legendary hero of the common people of England.
Richard Coeur-De-Lion
Sir Steven Runciman profiles a fabled Englishman, concerned with the political and military relationships between East and West.
Tudor Kitchens at Hampton Court
The early Renaissance royal palace on the Thames
Henry VIII as Military Commander
Top gun? Alexander McKee assesses Henry VIII's prowess as a commander by land and sea in the light of his 1545 campaigns against the French.
Tournaments and Early Tudor Chivalry
Business with pleasure - Steven Gunn shows how the spectacle of the joust oiled the wheels of service and diplomacy as well as building up the court's image, not just for Henry VIII but for his dynasty-founding father as well.
Islam - The Roots of Misperception
Akbar Ahmed offers the most timely review of how history and stereotype have often combined to make Western Orientalism a hindrance rather than a help in mutual understanding between two cultures.
Battle of Hastings
Geoffrey Clarke on netting the Poll Tax in Hastings.
The Medieval Idea of Marriage
by Christopher N.L. Brooke