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The Battle of Fulford, Near York, 20 Sep 1066: Harald of Norway’s First Battle on English Soil

By: Feature Writer Rachel Bellerby

Gothic Cathedrals in Medieval Societies: The Cathedral Served Many Purposes in the High Middle Ages

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

King Henry III 1216-1272: A Devout but Indecisive English King

By: John Izzard

Poetry and Politics in the Divine Comedy: Dante Uses King Manfred as his Mouthpiece in Purgatorio

By: Admassu Kebede

The Battle of Evesham, 4 August 1265: A Medieval Battle to Restore a King to his Throne

By: John Izzard

A History of York's City Walls: York’s Defences in the Middle Ages

By: Feature Writer Rachel Bellerby

Marie d' Oignies, Mother of the Beguine Movement: A Medieval Women’s Movement Threatened the Vatican

By: Sylvie Nantais

The Battle of Lewes, 14 May 1264: A Medieval Battle to Curb a King’s Power

By: John Izzard

The War of the Disinherited, 1266-67: A Lingering Civil Conflict between King and Barons in the 1300s

By: David Pilling

Lords & Lordship by R R Davies, Book Review: The Final Book by the Late Sir Rees Davies

By: Feature Writer Rachel Bellerby

Marie de France: One of the Only Secular Female Authors of the Middle Ages

By: Elyse Levesque

Simon De Montfort: A Thirteenth-Century Knight, Idealist, and Reformer

By: John Izzard

The Magna Carta: England's First Written Constitution

By: Carolyn M Cash

The Provisions of Oxford: Simon de Monfort's Reforms

By: Carolyn M Cash

Crusade Against the Cathars: Heretical Beliefs in Dualism Challenge Catholic Orthodoxy

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

The English Conquest Of Wales: King Edward I Asserts Dominance over the Welsh Prince Llewelyn

By: Nate Breidenbaugh

The History of Fountains Abbey: The Foundation of a Cistercian House in the North of England

By: Feature Writer Rachel Bellerby

Crime and Punishment in Early Medieval Cities: The Development of Town Law Ensured Security and Grew a Middle Class

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

Purgatory in the Middle Ages: How the Afterlife was Connected to Penance and Confession

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

The Teutonic Knights: A Knightly Order of the 12th Century

By: Andrew Meeres

The Carthusian Order in the Middle Ages: A History of the Order of St Bruno

By: Feature Writer Rachel Bellerby

Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales: A Collection of Stories About Medieval Pilgrims

By: Feature Writer Rachel Bellerby

Louis IX: The Saintly King of France

By: Deanna Proach

The Life of Geoffrey Chaucer: Chaucer – Medieval Author of The Canterbury Tales

By: Feature Writer Rachel Bellerby

The Romance of Abelard and Heloise: A Medieval Love Tragedy

By: Robert Marcell

English Medieval Castles: Fortified Dwellings in the Middle Ages

By: Alistair Murphy

English Civil War: The Political Coup of 1135 and the Origins of Anarchy

By: Alistair Murphy

The Battle of Hastings Book Review: The Fall of Anglo-Saxon England – by Harriet Harvey Wood

By: Feature Writer Rachel Bellerby

The Medieval Origins of the Cistercian Order: The White Monks in the Middle Ages

By: Feature Writer Rachel Bellerby

An End To Anarchy In England: The Death of the Anglo-Norman State

By: Alistair Murphy

Jewish Credit in Medieval England: Jewish Financial Activities Under the Angevin Kings

By: Alistair Murphy

The Lord Rhys, A Medieval Warrior: Welsh Prince of Deheubarth Survived the Turbulent Norman Conquest

By: Kristie Davis

Fighting For The Cross Book Review: Crusading To The Holy Land – by Norman Housley

By: Feature Writer Rachel Bellerby

A Brief History of The Magna Carta – Book Review: The Story of the Origins of Liberty by Geoffrey Hindley

By: Feature Writer Rachel Bellerby

The Fears of Henry IV - Book Review: The Life of England’s Self-Made King, by Ian Mortimer

By: Feature Writer Rachel Bellerby

The March of Wales, 1067-1300: Review of Book by Max Lieberman

By: Feature Writer Rachel Bellerby

Venice Italy's Church of St. Mark: The Stealing of a Patron Saint from Egypt

By: Lisa Cucciniello

Heraldry in the Middle Ages: The Bearing of Arms in Medieval Times

By: Feature Writer Rachel Bellerby

The English Aristocracy at War: By Dr David Simpkin – Book Review

By: Feature Writer Rachel Bellerby

Edward I and the Ring of Iron: A Chain of Castles Built Across North Wales

By: Feature Writer Rachel Bellerby

The Medieval Eleanor Crosses: Built by King Edward I to Mourn Eleanor of Castile

By: Feature Writer Rachel Bellerby

Edward I and Crown Jewels Robbery: In 1303 the English Crown Jewels were Stolen from Westminster Abbey

By: Kathryn Burton

Medieval Mystery and Miracle Plays: Theater in Medieval Times – Stage Productions in the Middle Ages

By: Feature Writer Rachel Bellerby

The Medieval Monastery Garden: Monastic Gardens as a Source of Food, Herbs and Medicine

By: Feature Writer Rachel Bellerby

Medieval Friars and Hermits: Life Outside the Monastic Community in the Middle Ages

By: Feature Writer Rachel Bellerby

Sigrid The Haughty: Courting The Queen of Sweden

By: Anastacia Prisbrey

Building a Medieval Cathedral: Construction of Places of Worship in the Middle Ages

By: Feature Writer Rachel Bellerby

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