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One person in every hundred was an immigrant in medieval England, university research finds. 
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Inside a peasant house. An imaginative reconstruction ...
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Illuminated manuscripts are the survivors of the Middle Ages, shedding light on both the great events of the period and the everyday life of ordinary people. In this web resource you will be able to examine evidence in a number of medieval manuscripts, finding out more about the social history of the period.
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Crime and Punishment.Trial by battle was introduced into England by the Normans after 1066. In the case from 1249 sketched here, Walter Blowberme had accused Hamo Stare of a crime. Hamo Stare claimed the right of proving his innocence by trial by combat. However, he lost and was hanged - that's him on the gallows.
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Objects found in the Medieval village of Wharram Percy.
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Some contemporary accounts of the Black Death.
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An eyewitness account of the ravages of the plague that swept through Europe in the mid 14th century.
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Eyewitness to history page on the Black Death, quoting Giovanni Boccaccio, The Decameron.
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Find out more about the history of Black Death, including videos, interesting articles, pictures, historical features and more. Get all the facts on HISTORY.com
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Some short films on the Black Death. Includes some disturbing abuse of a doughnut.
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Was it inevitable that plague would sweep Europe in the Middle Ages? How long did it take sufferers to die? And what was life like in its aftermath? Here, a panel of experts reflect on some of the big questions of a disease that repeatedly ravaged Europe over hundreds of years...
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'Was it inevitable that plague would sweep Europe in the Middle Ages? How long did it take sufferers to die? And what was life like in its aftermath? Here, a panel of experts reflect on some of the big questions of a disease that repeatedly ravaged Europe over hundreds of years...'
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'Was it inevitable that plague would sweep Europe in the Middle Ages? How long did it take sufferers to die? And what was life like in its aftermath? Here, a panel of experts reflect on some of the big questions of a disease that repeatedly ravaged Europe over hundreds of years...'
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An exploration of town life in medieval England. How did town life differ from life in the countryside? (5.25 mins) This is one of 45 videos telling the stor...
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A short film on urban life in medieval England.
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An elbow bone fragment believed to have come from St Thomas Becket is carried into Canterbury Cathedral, 845 years after he was murdered there.
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'A bone believed to be a fragment of St Thomas Becket's elbow has been carried into Canterbury Cathedral, 845 years after he was murdered there.'
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Find out more about the history of Magna Carta, including videos, interesting articles, pictures, historical features and more. Get all the facts on HISTORY.com
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'By 1215, thanks to years of unsuccessful foreign policies and heavy taxation demands, England’s King John was facing down a possible rebellion by the country’s powerful barons. Under duress, he agreed to a charter of liberties known as the Magna Carta (or Great Charter) that would place him and all of England’s future sovereigns within a rule of law.'
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'Follow the story of the emergence of Parliament and UK democracy. This film shows how Simon de Montfort brings together representatives from across the country at the 1265 Parliament.'
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Tax records can tell us a great deal about life in the Middle Ages. They don't usually come with pictures, but this one does.
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A medieval cartoon from the National Archives.
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A wide variety of medieval recipes, arranged by region. Some nice; others ... not so nice.
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A list of the derivation of some common medieval surnames.
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Archaeology in Focus: the lost village of Wharram Percy.
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Here, writing for History Extra, medieval historian Samuel Cohn shares 10 lesser-known facts about the Black Death.
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'It is one of the worst catastrophes in recorded history – a deadly plague that ravaged communities across Europe, changing forever their social and economic fabric. But how much do you know about the Black Death?'
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Charlotte Hodgman talks to Professor Mark Ormrod about nine places connected with the Black Death
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Charlotte Hodgman talks to Professor Mark Ormrod of the University of York about nine places connected with the Black Death.
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Discover facts about the Black Death and its symptoms. How and why did the plague spread in the middle ages?
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BBC page on the Black Death
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Archaeologists working on London's £14.8 billion ($22 billion) Crossrail Project have discovered a burial ground in Farringdon, a historic part of the city. According to experts, there may be as many as 50000 people buried in ... Via lwout1
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Medieval England and Wales - daily life in medieval towns, guilds, and architecture.
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Some ideas about daily life in medieval towns.
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BBC documentary about the murder of Thomas Becket (first 24 minutes).
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This year marks the 800th anniversary of the charter's first signing on 15 June 1215 at Runnymede on the banks of the Thames between Windsor and Staines.
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The ruler who gave us Magna Carta is regarded as a tyrant. But was he wicked
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King John was not a good man –
He had his little ways. And sometimes no one spoke to him For days and days and days.
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"The England's Immigrants project transforms our understanding of the way that English people and foreign nationals, of all levels of society, lived and worked together in the era of the Plantagenets and early Tudors."