A medieval person would find modern life deeply unsettling rather than impressive. Personal freedom, gender equality, and ...

Medieval Europeans genuinely believed the world beyond their borders was inhabited by monstrous human-like creatures.

The combination of filigree and granulation techniques arrived in Norway during the early Middle Ages from the Byzantine Empire, partly via Carolingian goldsmithing traditions. The Carolingian period, ...

In Russia's Tver, a medieval city two hours' drive from Moscow, locals have got used to not being able to use their phones ...

Introduced in the wake of the Norman Conquest, the murdrum fine was meant to protect Norman settlers from revenge killings.

An exhibition at the Walters Art Musuem traces the appearences of cats in medieval manuscripts, from Europe, Asia, and the ...

Why everyone is suddenly going all in on the Middle Ages.

More than 70 bodies have now been uncovered at a medieval cemetery used for executed criminals, archaeologists say. The remains of about 40 men and boys, dating back to at least the 13th Century, were ...

Nurul Kabir described the attacks on the offices of Prothom Alo and The Daily Star as a “medieval-style attempt to burn people alive” ...

Intriguing new discoveries in a medieval cemetery in Wales have brought archaeologists closer to solving the mystery ...

Archaeologists excavating a mysterious medieval cemetery in Wales have uncovered compelling evidence that the burial ground was part of an early female religious community. The discovery of a possible ...

John Goodall looks at an ambitious restoration project to the choir and cloister of Exeter Cathedral, which was completed in ...