We’ve Been Getting it All Wrong Medieval Europe (roughly 500–1500 CE) is often misunderstood—thanks in part to movies, myths, ...

What was life REALLY like living in a medieval castle and times? There are a lot of falsehoods spread attempting to answer ...

In excavating the medieval site of the St. Mary Magdalen hospital cemetery and chapel in Winchester, England, researchers were looking to genotype a strain of leprosy. They wanted to shed light on the ...

The Violence Research Centre at Cambridge University (UK) just unveiled a new data-visualization project that maps murders in medieval London. Across a city of about 80,000 people at the time, the map ...

What type of images come to mind when you think of medieval art? Knights and ladies? Biblical scenes? Cathedrals? It’s probably not some unfortunate man in the throes of vomiting. It might surprise ...

Whenever a fantasy story treads too far into gruesome violence or plain old human exploitation, storytellers like to trot out four little words: “But it’s historically accurate.” That was the ...

In cathedrals, such as Canterbury Cathedral in England, colorful stained glass and illustrated hagiographies tell the stories ...

Forget the grim clichés — medieval life was complex, colorful, and constantly evolving. From bustling markets and skilled craftsmanship to migration, innovation, and surprising hygiene habits, history ...