A new encyclopedia covering a millennium of women’s writing from across the globe challenges assumptions that medieval literature was dominated by men and could transform how we understand the past, ...

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.

Hawks offered women both real and symbolic means to express gender, power and status within a male-dominated world.

This spectacular work of medieval art imagines Christ's side as a vulva—and is now on view at the Met Cloisters, ...

There is a new trend of young women flocking to see knightly performers at Medieval Times events, and multiple psychologists offered their explanations why.

What did medieval people eat? Were medieval knights jacked? Why was medieval torture so cruel? Medieval historian and co-host ...

The delicate gold ring was made sometime in the Middle Ages and may have belonged to a high-status woman.

Medieval tunnel discovered in Germany were likely used for secret cult rituals - Medieval shaft was found during excavation of a Stone Age burial ...

Given the current state of luxury retail and global politics, it's no wonder the Dark Ages are trending.

St Gobnait was an Irish female saint associated with bees in the Middle Ages and is still celebrated by local communities ...

A Chinese king’s infatuation with a woman was seen as the reason that a golden age collapsed. Evidence suggests climate change and internal strife played bigger roles.