Medieval Times Story Briefs

When knights and castles served kings and queens, a feudal system employed peasants and vassals. Uneducated people used art to learn stories they could not read for themselves. This collection is about life in the Middle Ages.

Daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, Princess Mary was betrothed to marry her first cousin, Charles V. The Holy Roman Emperor broke-off the...

One hundred years after Luther nails his 95 Theses to the Castle Church door in Wittenberg (on October 31, 1517), a conflict called the Thirty Years W...

Since the age of 7, Rafe Sadler lives with Thomas Cromwell who provides the lad with an excellent education. Sadler grows-up to be a man of great weal...

In May of 1381, peasants in the village of Fobbing were angry about a new tax. This led to an uprising against King led by Wat Tyler.

As Wat Tyler meets his fate, at the hands of King Richard II's swordsman, the young monarch addresses the rest of the rebels. They were fed-up with i...

King from the age of ten, Richard II gave-up the throne of England in September of 1399. His next place of residence, at least for a short time, was t...

Richard I (The Lionheart) was known for his bravery fighting in the Third Crusade (and his inability to speak English).

Richard I, King of England, decides to participate in the Third Crusade. His eventful journey takes him to Jerusalem.

Richard I, son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, reigned in Britain between 1188-1198.

Image of a photograph depicting the statue of Robert the Bruce at Edinburgh Castle.

According to British ballads, and the "Percy Folio," Robin Hood (sometimes called Robin Longstride or Robin of Locksley) died a treacherous death. It ...

Saadi (Sa'di) Shirazi - often referred to only by his first name - was a Persian poet who lived in the late-12th / early 13th centuries.

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