Joan of Arc rose from humble beginnings to become one of the most influential figures of the Hundred Years’ War. Born into a ...

Every once in a while, history surprises us with someone who changes everything. Not a king or conqueror, but an ordinary person who steps into the chaos of their time and refuses to back down. Joan ...

Join Tom and Dominic as they launch into the life of one of the most extraordinary people in all medieval history: Joan of Arc, and trace her journey from humble peasant girl, to advisor to the King ...

A 600-year-old grape seed discovered in the toilets of a medieval French hospital is genetically identical to the grapes ...

The seed reveals that people in France have been cultivating the popular variety of grape since at least the 1400s, ...

These remarkable women broke every rule of their time, risking their lives disguising themselves as men to fight in some of history's most violent wars.

I arrive in Poitiers on a warm afternoon in June and almost immediately feel a sense of something different yet familiar. The Grand Rue runs ...