The medieval period often gets painted as a thousand years of darkness, filth, and ignorance. Popular culture loves to show us dirty peasants wallowing in mud, superstitious fools who thought the ...

Science is helping researchers judge books by their covers — and revealing surprising beneficiaries of medieval trading routes in the process. Dozens of rare, fur-covered volumes from 12th and 13th ...

Most fantasy books, especially the classics, have a medieval feel. Many take place in a pre-industrial, medieval-like world. The weapons, clothes, and living quarters are usually the primary signs of ...

So last week, a group of researchers who were studying a set of medieval books published their findings. They had been looking into the material used to make the books' covers. MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST ...

E xperiencing Medieval Times is a rite of passage. Maybe you took a school trip or passed it on the highway driving through ...