Life in the Middle Ages, between the fifth and the fifteenth centuries, was hard. Long before the discovery of penicillin, the people accepted that death was going to be with them sooner rather than ...

Medieval life wasn’t just brutal on the battlefield – it was terrifying when it came to disease. In this video, we uncover 7 of the most gruesome illnesses people faced during the Middle Ages, from ...

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A researcher in the Global Irish Studies Initiative at Georgetown University (GIS) explored the early medieval history of animal disease in Ireland at a talk March 27. Singer said that although other ...

Medieval Christian burials in Denmark were likely more influenced by money than supposed outward markers of sin, according to new research.