Beneath the shadow of castles and cathedrals medieval Europe was far from primitive this is the story of how science art and ...

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

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the everyday reality in the Dark Ages was grossly different for most. Life expectancy was short, disease was common, and ...

Disease, famine, and violence lurked around every corner of medieval life. For ordinary people, survival beyond 24 hours wasn’t guaranteed.

Greti Dinkova-Bruun is a Fellow and Library Director at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies in Toronto, and has been looking into medieval texts to find how frogs were depicted and used for ...

Last weekend my wife and I were in Florence for an old family friend’s wedding. With a morning free, we visited the Uffizi, a solemn temple for a former professional artist and art major like me. The ...

Ah, yes, that time of year again: falling leaves, the smell of spice, crisp air and — who could forget — that annual plunge into […] ...

My fishing guide, Shiloh Patterson, vividly remembers the first time he hooked a king salmon back in 1997. The fight lasted ...

The polarizing dessert that people love to hate became a Christmas mainstay thanks, in part, to the U.S. Postal Service.

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