I asked him what the name meant as locals gathered about and told me I was at a festival celebrating the end of jus primae noctis — the right of a feudal lord in medieval Europe to have sex with any ...

Over the course of three nights in 1422, the woman had visions of aggressive pets and insatiable worms tormenting a beloved ...

During the Middle Ages the tradition continued only among the nobility, as most of the peasant classes didn’t have the money ...

Women’s Roles Varied Emanuele Cremaschi/Getty Images In medieval times, there were female rulers and female peasants, but there were also far more roles for women than just these two extremes. While ...

Petition to bring back trenchers at restaurants! Ever wondered if you could survive a day eating like a medieval peasant? Join Joelle Park as she dives into the culinary past, cooking up authentic ...

Over 170,000 people took to the hot asphalt roads in downtown Seoul, Saturday, to participate in the Seoul Queer Culture Festival (SQCF), with sexual minorities celebrating their existence and ...

Anna Komnene, the 11th-century Byzantine princess who defied medieval norms to become one of the first female historians with the Alexiad.