Most people in medieval society lived in villages, there were few large towns. The majority of people were peasants, who worked on the land. There were a range of jobs and trades in towns and ...

Worship of the saints was a central belief of the medieval church. But not all saints had equal importance. The appeal of some was universal and they were revered right across Christendom. Usually ...

An extraordinary wave of artistic and cultural innovation shattered medieval society and brought European culture reluctantly into the modern era. Buildings were constructed that were bigger and ...

Over the following 300 years scores of towns were founded: Bala, established in 1309, was the last fling of Wales's medieval town ... central to the function of society. Native Welsh society ...