There are numerous examples in texts of Irish people showing a sense of belonging to a community defined in relation to Europe ...

For most people living in medieval Europe, daily meals were simple, repetitive, and often limited by what could be grown ...

Installation view of Spectrum of Desire: Love, Sex, and Gender in the Middle Ages at The Met Cloisters showing a sculpture of Saint Sebastian (Northern Europe, late 15th century) (all photos Emma ...

From lost silver coins to fossilised faeces, medieval cesspits have become some of the richest archives of everyday life in the Middle Ages ...

The idea that medieval people routinely emptied chamber pots straight into the street as their primary method of waste ...