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

Skylar Pinchal Coysh talks with Professor Suzannah Lipscomb and Brandon Schubert about the Castlecore trend, and how we have ...

A Romanian worker trapped for hours under the rubble of a partially collapsed medieval tower near the Colosseum in central Rome has died, Italian and Romanian authorities said on Tuesday. Parts of the ...

Knights weren't the flawless warriors pop culture keeps selling us. Behind the armor were people with quirks and questionable ...

Jousting was a popular sport among elites in medieval England, as anyone who has ever read a book or watched a movie about English knights in the Middle Ages is well aware. Jousters wore thick armor ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Georgia Somary wants to turn people’s homes into “contemporary castles”, where historically inspired decor ...

Generative AI and English nationalists are teaming up to make the internet a worse place by swamping it with unhinged ‘patriotic’ slop featuring French knights, dinosaurs, and far too many Winston ...

PLANS have been revealed for a multi-million transformation of a medieval English town in Kent. The redevelopment scheme includes the building of 277 new homes, a leisure centre and a budget hotel.

YORK, ENGLAND—When archaeologists were called to investigate a sinkhole that opened up in the city of York, they were surprised to find traces of a medieval hospital, according to a report by The ...

Bianca Janse van Rensburg is “stuck” in the pillory. At Caxton, we employ humans to generate daily fresh news, not AI intervention. Happy reading!

Eight contestants chosen from the ultimate costume contest geared up to compete in a Live Action Role Play (LARP) event “Knight of the Skies” in a bid to win a free trip, or a few, in celebration of ...

A strange dagger with testicle-shaped orbs unearthed at a medieval Swedish fortress likely offered additional force for its wielder to damage opponents’ armour, archaeologists say. Archaeological ...