Britain: Middle Ages
Time
Traveller's Guide to Medieval
Britain
Everything the intrepid traveller needs to know to explore the age of chivalry.
The
monarchs we never had
The death of the heir to the throne has had important consequences
throughout British history – sometimes immediately, sometimes
obvious only in retrospect.
- Britain's Real Monarch
Was the 15th-century English monarch Edward IV illegitimate? Check out our royal family tree to see who should have been occupying the British throne since Henry VI. - Castle
Take a virtual tour of medieval Britain's top 10 castles, watch video clips, study timelines and learn more about the period. - The Castle Lover's Guide
How to visit, stay, work and get married in a castle. - In the Footsteps of Robin Hood
An examination of the clues contained in medieval ballads and how they relate to historical records and places, in an attempt to discover where the real Robin Hood lived and died. - London: The greatest city
Edited transcript of the Channel 4 documentary on the history of Britain's capital, together with many of the computer reconstructions that appeared in it. - Medieval
Realms: The Luttrell Psalter
A close look at a magnificent illuminated manuscript dating from 1325. - Medieval Realms: Stories in Stone
The roof carvings of Norwich Cathedral, a high point of medieval art, portray stories from the Old and New Testaments and the beliefs and narratives of the Middle Ages (Channel 4 Learning). - The monarchs we never had
The death of the heir to the throne has had important consequences throughout British history – sometimes immediately, sometimes obvious only in retrospect. - Monarchy
Dynamic timeline charts how England evolved from a land of warlords to one where dynasties could be built. It illuminates the lives of the extraordinary men who held the throne and the powerful women who supported and sometimes fought them. - Origination
Brings together the wealth of web resources recording and celebrating the contributions of immigrant cultures to contemporary Britain. - Perkin Warbeck: The great pretender
What is known about the mysterious young man who claimed to be one of the ‘princes in the Tower’, having escaped to Europe and gone into hiding, only to re-emerge in 1491 as a serious thorn in Henry VII’s side? - Saladin, Richard the Lionheart
and the Legacy of the Crusades
How Saladin and Richard I are being invoked by those involved in today's conflict in the Middle East. - The Scots Detective
This website challenges historical accounts of the Scottish wars of independence, the Reformation, the Act of Union, Scottish exile and the Irish in Scotland (Channel 4 Learning). - Seven Ages of Britain
In this extract from his book, Justin Pollard recounts the changes that women experienced following the Black Death. - Thomas Becket: Playing a role
The murder of Becket in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170 is one of the most famous incidents of British history, but the rest of the life of this complicated man is far less known. - The Tower
Historical nuggets from some of the curators of the Tower of London. - Weapons
that Made Britain
Details of three weapons – the sword, longbow and lance – and two types of protection: the shield and armour. Plus information on the development of each, the results of scientific tests on them and accounts of some of the major battles in which they featured. - The
Worst Jobs in History: Medieval jobs
While the nobility flounce around in sumptuous clothes and are entertained at court and tournament, an army of unlucky souls toil away in some spectacularly hideous employment.
