“This finding aligns with both modern soil science and the medieval ‘miasma theory,’ which held that diseases spread through ...

Spotted off the coast of Denmark, the "Svaelget 2" is a cog, a kind of large trading vessel used in the Middle Ages. Experts ...

In 1379, a group of pigs in the village of Saint-Marcel-lès-Jussey in eastern France killed a swineherd’s child. In 1386, a ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the largest-ever medieval “super ship” dating back to the 1400s, a discovery that prompts a ...

A super old manuscript in a Shropshire school library had been catalogued and shelved for generations. Only recently did ...

More than two decades after its theatrical release, A Knight’s Tale is again among the top streaming titles. The late Heath ...

The best location for a monastery was one that was close to water and wood. Many monastic chroniclers mention this.

Maritime archaeologists from Denmark's Viking Ship Museum have unearthed an extraordinary find beneath the waters near Copenhagen - the largest medieval cog ever discovered. The 600-year-old vessel ...

Pamela Narbona Jerez is executive director of the San Diego Early Music Society, which presents music concerts and outreach ...

The combination of filigree and granulation techniques arrived in Norway during the early Middle Ages from the Byzantine Empire, partly via Carolingian goldsmithing traditions. The Carolingian period, ...

Migration into England was continuous from the Romans through to the Normans and men and women moved from different places ...

Game of Thrones doesn’t tell you the half of it. Life during the medieval ages was nasty, brutish and short. That was especially true during what became known as the Black Death. The widespread ...