Now, players can make similar decisions in Crusader Kings 3, using him as a Landless Adventurer to lead armies through the Middle Ages and influence various wars of that period. Michael Psellos ...

While the fool is often associated with the Middle Ages, the figure’s role evolved a great deal in the centuries that ...

Characters. I quickly grasp the mechanics, and the little miniatures, cards, and documentation are valuable memory aids. I am now introduced to the characters. In our literature, the Middle Ages are ...

Knights are among the most iconic characters from the Middle Ages. Their origins harken back to the fall of the Roman Empire in western Europe whose last emperor, Romulus Augustulus, was toppled ...

Those pious denizens of the Middle Ages: They "would believe what they were told against the evidence of their own eyes," as the BBC put it, and were deferential at all times to authority.The ...

James Norton has revealed he was set on playing William the Conqueror in upcoming Middle Ages drama series “King and Conqueror” but was thwarted by HBO, who had an option on the actor for ...

During the Middle Ages, dragons more often figured in accounts about the lives of saints and religious figures than stories of heists and adventures. Photo illustration by Meilan Solly / Photos ...

In his new book, “Medieval Bodies: Life and Death in the Middle Ages,” the British art historian Jack Hartnell looks back at views on medicine in the Middle Ages. “It’s a mistake to cast ...

Portrait of a Jester looking through his fingers, circa 1548 The Phoebus Foundation. While the fool is often associated with the Middle Ages, the figure’s role evolved a great deal in the ...