Medieval Insight - Page 3 of 5 - Life, War and Faith in the Middle Ages

Inheriting a kingdom in the Middle Ages was a bit like inheriting a car with no keys. Technically it was

Medieval Siege Towers: How Armies Climbed Over the Walls

Castle walls had one simple job: keeping people out. So medieval armies came up with an equally simple, if slightly

Here’s a “fact” you’ve probably heard since primary school: in the Middle Ages, everybody believed the Earth was flat, sailors

Before printing, if you wanted a book, somebody had to make it by hand. Not just write it: make it.

If you think your alarm goes off too early, spare a thought for the medieval monk. His first church service

Picture a medieval peasant in a film and you can almost smell the screen: matted hair, grubby face, a fine

Most kings end up in a cathedral, a royal chapel or at the very least a grand stone tomb with

“We few, we happy few.” Thanks to Shakespeare, that line has been rousing audiences for over four hundred years. It

Here’s a “fact” that turns up in pub quizzes, school textbooks and the comments under every history video: in the

Long before superhero films and the modern streaming services, someone in the eleventh century told the story of a royal

Few groups in history have had a stranger afterlife than the Knights Templar. In films they guard the Holy Grail.