A castle in California hosts knights, jousting tournaments, and a four-course feast in one of the most entertaining dinner ...

Medieval law governed nearly every aspect of daily life, from clothing and food to entertainment and social behavior. Authorities introduced rules to maintain class distinctions, control spending, and ...

Slavery remained a widespread and often overlooked part of medieval society across Europe and the Mediterranean. People were ...

A mysterious form of plague that spread across Eurasia thousands of years before the Black Death has finally revealed a ...

The Celtic Faire is three days, kicking off with the student and education day on Friday with n o alcohol served, because it is a day for cultural and historical learning and then faire is open all ...

The Princeton Folk Music Society presents harpist Lily Neill and guitarist Clive Carroll on Friday, March 20, 2026 at Christ Congregation Church in a tour de force performance, with sparks flying ...

Burned Beard Brewing opened in late 2025 in the historic downtown Quincy Main Street Square as a restaurant/bar combo.

Wardship was an integral part of medieval feudalism—common wherever people had wealth to pass down, Sykes explains. It gradually became codified, evolving into “a practice shaped by law but also by ...

Four early Anglo-Saxon swords uncovered during a recent archaeological excavation I took part in each tell a story about how weapons were viewed at the time. There was also a striking discovery of a ...

Archaeologist Linda Åsheim experienced the finding of real treasure when she discovered a pristine medieval gold ring while excavating in the historic center of Tønsberg, Norway. The exquisitely ...

In the 1470s, a Flemish scribe left some meticulously drafted pages of an illuminated manuscript out to dry, only to find out the next day that his cat had trod over them, leaving inky paw prints on ...