European history: medieval period, middle ages

The medieval era is often associated with dynastic struggles, gruesome wars and the formidable influence of the Church.

From the moment it became public news, the validity of Edward's marriage to Elizabeth Widville, the beautiful widow of a Lancastrian knight, was repeatedly called into question.

'Deus Vult' - or 'God wills it' - were the words allegedly uttered by the crowd of people present when Pope Urban II's rousing speech caused the start of the First Crusade.

Henry V, King of England and claimant to the throne of France, looked out across the field of Agincourt, the site of a remarkable victory, but there were few scenes of glory that met his eyes.

Alfred, son of thelwulf, king of the West Saxons, ran.

In the latter years of the fourteenth century a child was born, so unimportant that even his exact date of birth is unknown.

Richard III remains one of the most controversial rulers in history.

Eleanor of Castile, the remarkable woman behind England's greatest medieval king, Edward I, has been effectively airbrushed from history; yet she had one of the most fascinating lives of any of England's queens.

He is one of the most reviled English kings in history.

In the centuries after the end of Roman rule England and Wales emerged as literate and Christian peoples from the debris of the former Roman provinces.

The story of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table has a fascination which is universal.

The Anglo-Saxon era is one of the most important in English history, covering the period from the end of Roman authority in the British Isles to the Norman Conquest of 1066 in which the very idea of England was born.

Following the dramatic announcement that Richard III's body had been discovered, past controversies have been matched by fresh disputes.

Most wargaming titles concentrate on the more popular periods of history such as the Napoleonic Wars and the Second World War.

The Wars of the Roses were quarrels within the Plantagenet family, of which Richard's dynasty, the House of York, was one branch.

Known to be proud, regal and beautiful, Cecily Neville was born in the year of the great English victory at Agincourt and survived long enough to witness the arrival of the future Henry VIII, her great-grandson.

The bloody Wars of the Roses between the Houses of Lancaster and York ended with the killing of Richard III.

The Viking Age was a world very different to our own: a world of violence and magic, swords and slaves.

In 1066 the English were conquered by the infamous William the Conqueror.

Within the stunning eighteenth-century park of Studley Royal in Yorkshire, lie the ruinous remains of Fountains Abbey - one of the finest examples of Cistercian architecture in Europe.

The city of Norwich is renowned for its Norman castle, its cathedral and flint city walls, parts of which are still visible today.

On 22 August 1485 on a battlefield in Bosworth, Leicestershire, King Richard III, the last of the Plantagenet kings, was dealt a death blow by the man who had sworn loyalty to him only a few months earlier.

In the summer of 1483 two boys were taken into the Tower of London and were never seen again.

Not many people would claim to be saints, or alternatively, consider themselves entirely without redeeming qualities.

Shakespeare's enduring image of Richard III's queen is one of bitterness and sorrow.

A small English expeditionary force in Northern France battling to reach the coast before being cut off by an enemy superior in numbers and equipment; a victory plucked from the jaws of a seemingly certain defeat - this story is familiar in the twentieth century.

Not many people would claim to be saints, or alternatively, consider themselves entirely without redeeming qualities.

A major new biography of the young Richard III.

If it had not been for Owain Glyndwr's 15-year struggle against overwhelming odds, the Welsh would not have survived as Europe's oldest nation.

The identity of Robin Hood is one of the great hystorical mysteries of English history - until now.

A narrative history of the Mongol Empire from the birth of Genghis Khan c.

Babies are born every day, but only once or twice in a lifetime, a child arrives who will inherit the throne.

The Welsh kings and queens who ruled prior to the Norman Conquest of Wales are shrouded in mystery.

Jim Bradbury has been publishing history books since 1975.

Our capital city has always been a thriving and colourful place, full of diverse and determined individuals developing trade and finance, exchanging gossip and doing business.

Contrary to popular belief, Anglo- Saxon England had queens, with the tenth-century Elfrida being the most powerful and notorious of them all.

Elizabeth Woodville, wife of Edward IV, mother of Elizabeth of York and the Princes in the Tower, and grandmother of Henry VIII, has been vilified and defended in turn.

What is was like to live in London in the time of Geoffrey Chaucer.

At the height of the middle ages, there were hundreds of abbeys and priories throughout England.

'I know there are but few steps between the prisons and graves of princes' Charles IThe experience of exile and captivity, usually in war, was not uncommon for medieval kings and princes.

25 October 2015 was the 600th anniversary of the battle of Agincourt - a hugely resonant event in English (and French) history.

La Generalitat Valenciana de l'època foral no va ser un 'unicum' en la història europea.

What is the relationship between the medieval crusades and the problems of the modern Middle East?

Volume 37 Literary Appropriationsexamines medieval literature in a different light.

Meer und Mensch – eine andere Geschichte des MittelaltersBauern und Ritter prägen unser Bild vom Mittelalter, und bei der mittelalterlichen Seefahrt denken wir an bauchige Hansekoggen und schnelle Wikingerschiffe.

Volume 37 Literary Appropriationsexamines medieval literature in a different light.

**Now featuring an exclusive extract of part two in the duology, The Crownless Queen**1338: England has declared war on France, and Jeanette of Kent, cousin to King Edward III, says goodbye to her family and travels overseas with the royal court for the first time.