Life in the Middle Ages was anything but glamorous. Everyday survival was a challenge most of us can’t even imagine. These strange, sometimes unsettling facts from medieval life will make you ...

What Was Life Really Like for Women in Medieval Times' Medieval historian Dr Eleanor Janega investigates one of the least recorded aspects of medieval life - working women. But dig deep and you can ...

Dr. Sara Butler, Professor and King George III Chair in British History and Director for the Center for Historical Research in the Department of History, explains how medieval court records can give ...

Norwich Castle, a mighty medieval fortress built by William the Conquerer after he invaded England in 1066, reopened to the public last month following a landmark $37 million restoration. The castle’s ...

The romance genre owes a major debt to the Middle Ages. That's where we get the word, the genre, and most of its tropes.

The research, published in Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology, analyzed 939 adult skeletons from five medieval cemeteries in Denmark, dating from approximately 1050 to 1536 AD. The findings ...

Excavating human skeletons is the closest archaeologists can get to the people who lived in the past. Once excavated the bones are often analysed chemically in order to yield as much information as ...