The first crusade

LECHFELD, BAVARIA 10-12 AUGUST 955

There were 13 men: unlucky for someone. They were dressed to kill – but so was everyone else. In what was essentially an army camp, crammed with armed men, the assailants blended right in. Moving casu

How one monarch unified his nation and created a medieval superpower

this story: Edgar Ætheling, Edward’s great-nephew. We know, of course, which one of these contenders held the crown in his possession at the end of the year. What is less certain is who was the most d

From miasma to miracles: how medieval medicine desperately battled the bubonic plague

Bayeux, France Tapestry turmoil: French art experts have ...