Peter Jackson’s interpretation of The Lord of the Rings is so dominant in our collective consciousness that it’s easy to forget that it’s just one possible visualization of J.R.R. Tolkien ...

Much material is drawn from the 19th century, when the Romantic movement created its own version of the Middle Ages in the art, illustration, and architecture of the Gothic Revival.

From Harry Potter to Game of Thrones, pop culture is saturated with medieval imagery. Now, a new exhibition at the J. Paul Getty Museum, “The Fantasy of the Middle Ages,” explores this ...

A HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE AGES. By Dana Carleton Munro Professor of European History, University of Wisconsin, With maps and illustrations. Pp. vi.-242. 8vo, New York: D. Appleton & Co. 90 cents.

During the Middle Ages, dragons more often figured in accounts about the lives of saints and religious figures than stories of heists and adventures. Photo illustration by Meilan Solly / Photos ...

Was the World’s Most Mysterious Manuscript from the Middle Ages A Hoax? Its indecipherable text and illustrations have stumped scholars throughout history. Here’s what we know about the Voynich ...

In the Middle Ages they also played baseball. The Game of the Ball, illustration from the Cantigas de Santa Maria. Wikimedia Commons. This historiographical view spread rapidly through Europe. It ...

Doctors in the Middle Ages did not have access to the advanced knowledge that we do. So what did they know? Find out in this 3rd level BBC Bitesize article.

The Middle Ages Were Cleaner Than We Think An era that valued spiritual and physical purity knew the importance of bathhouses, soap and even deodorant An illustration of a couple taking baths in ...

‘Figures of the Fool: From the Middle Ages to the Romantics’ Review: History in a Funhouse Mirror. ... Illustration by Jacquemart de Hesdin for the psalter of the Duc de Berry.