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.

Yet it was frequently discussed in a language that is more resonant of the Middle Ages than the scientific laboratory.

What the Middle Ages can teach us about humanity and faith. Historian Mark Gregory Pegg’s book ‘Beatrice’s Last Smile’ offers a new look at the historical period through its people and ...

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.

Her original approach to the complementarity of men and women is distilled in her numerous historical works on the Middle Ages and her monographs on the great saints of Western history ...

Three new books about the history of warfare have much to tell us. Skip to content Skip to site index. ... the author of WAR AND CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE AGES (Polity, 257 pp., paperback, ...

A show of manuscripts at the Getty Center depicting medieval puzzles, games and jousts reveals diversions that, like chess, span our radically different lives and times.

Turmoil, crisis and the creation of a state, from Magna Carta to the horrors of the Black Death. Far from their dour reputation, the Middle Ages were a period of massive social change, burgeoning ...