From burning castles to swords and magic and velvet gowns, medievalism has taken over 21st century pop culture.

Medieval knights are one of those things where the fiction outweighs the facts. Knights served as a part of the […] ...

In medieval Spain, the rigid social order didn't always stop ambitious peasants from rising through the ranks. This video uncovers the rare but fascinating paths that led commoners to knighthood - ...

In the riverside town of Vidin in Bulgaria, I was briefly king of the castle. I had the medieval citadel to myself. Looming over the Danube, the fortress was known for centuries as the guardhouse to ...

While knights in shining armor and grand castles charm ... Life expectancy was short, disease was common, and simply ...

Chateau Laroche—known to locals and visitors alike as Loveland Castle—rises from the Ohio landscape like a fever dream, a stone fortress that would look more at home in the European countryside than ...