The Middle Ages were filled with legends, but one figure stands out as especially mysterious—surrounded by rumors, ...

Scams aren't just a modern problem - people were running cons all the way back in the Middle Ages. In this video, we uncover ...

Far from their dour reputation, the Middle Ages were a period of massive social change, burgeoning nationalism, international conflict, terrible natural disaster, climate change, rebellion ...

Why was there no Middle Ages in Mexico? It turns out the answer is a really simple one, as our expert historian explains.

Historian Mark Gregory Pegg’s book “Beatrice’s Last Smile” offers a new look at the historical period through its people and evolving culture.

Dragons weren't always feared. Then they became the monster of the Middle Ages. Since ancient times, dragons existed in different cultures as indomitable creatures or signs of good luck. But when ...

Military history The Middle Ages Had Horses. We Have Computer Chips. Three new books about the history of warfare have much to tell us. Share full article ...

The valley of the Middle Ages The first question to be asked is why we consider 1,000 years of history a single epoch, and why we know it as the Middle Ages.

Contrary to popular belief, the decline of women’s rights in history has always corresponded to a retreat of the Church within Western societies, especially from the Renaissance onwards, for the ...

In some ways, the subject of the Getty Center’s exhibition “Play and Pastimes in the Middle Ages” might seem a bit peculiar. Play and pastimes in the world of the Black Death? In towns where ...

Overview: The Middle Ages, 1154 - 1485 Far from their dour reputation, the Middle Ages were a period of massive social change, burgeoning nationalism, international conflict, terrible natural ...