In the Middle Ages, color was never a personal choice. It signaled status, wealth, profession, loyalty, and even moral ...

A groundbreaking bioarchaeological study from the Universities of Edinburgh and Cambridge has shattered long-held assumptions about medieval migration patterns into England. Rather than arriving in ...

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, ...

Migration into England was continuous from the Romans through to the Normans and men and women moved from different places ...

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

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

Inspiration came instead from two powerful forces: one was her own status as a newly-50 empty nester, when she decided it was time to try to write fiction.

Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. Robert Kelly is managing director of XTS ...

Along 2,000 miles of the East African coast, the sophisticated trading centers of the medieval Swahili reveal their origins and influences Excavations at the medieval Swahili town of Songo Mnara in ...