An unlikely combination of artists, medieval historians, philosophers and scientists have converged to create an exhibition of glass artworks.
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Nine centuries after it was commissioned to celebrate the Norman Conquest, the famed tapestry is finally going to visit England.
Is the Grail the chalice from the Last Supper – or the Crucifixion? Does it contain the elixir of life? Or is it Mary Magdalene’s womb?
A forensic dig into early British history means we can finally understand the heroes and stories that created a composite king.
Old habits die hard.
At one point, the Welsh, Cornish, Scottish, Bretons and northern English were all “Kymry” - so what changed?
Historically, there have been numerous cultural manifestations of austerity that shed light on its enduring appeal.
In history, as in historical fantasy, women have an uneasy and dangerous path to power.
The new series will bring several strong women into conflict with each other – just like the Wars of the Roses.
The anxiety that young people are messing things up goes back centuries.
Each year at Easter, Christians recreate the spectacularly violent end of Jesus’s life, raising some tough questions about the depiction of suffering on stage.
Whatever drove villagers to dig up the dead and mutilate their corpses may seem to strange to us, but it was evidently real for them.
Trump would not have had a great time navigating the political intrigue presented in the Icelandic Sagas.
In 15th and 16th century France, two female textile guilds - comprised of single women and wives working independently of their husbands - wielded great power. By the end of the 18th century, they had been dismantled.
Lettuce leaves and purgatives might ease your aching heart.
Historic heroes like King Arthur have helped audiences through the ages to cope with troubling times.
The teaching of Islam is often limited to its religious practice. How Christians, Jews and Muslims borrowed freely from each other in the realm of art, music, and literature is seldom discussed.
Ploughing his life savings into buying the land under which the lost city lies, Stuart Wilson has made a once-in-a-lifetime discovery.
‘Winter is Coming’ and ‘All Men Must Die’ are Game of Thrones’ watchwords. But do they offer clues to an ending for the show – and the books?
A thousand years of historical sources make it clear that migraine is more than just a headache.
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Professor in High Medieval History, Durham University
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Teaching Fellow in Medieval Studies, University of Leeds
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Senior Lecturer in History, University of Aberdeen
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Lecturer in Medieval History, The University of Queensland
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Professor Emerita of Medieval History, University of Rhode Island
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Director of the Centre for History Heritage and Memory Studies; Associate Professor in History, Nottingham Trent University
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Emeritus Professor of Physics at Durham University, Durham University
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Professor of Natural Philosophy in the Department of Physics, University of York
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Professor of Medieval and Early Modern History, Queen Mary University of London
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Visiting Professor of Social Inequities and Injustice, Loughborough University
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Professor and Tutorial Fellow in English, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor of History, Auburn University
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Professor in the History of People, Place and Community, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions, The University of Western Australia
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Lecturer in History, University of Leicester