T he Middle Ages and early modern period were not a good time for anyone, particularly women who deviated from a very limited ...

A cauldron, chariot parts, ornate jewelry: Precious objects found in the Melsonby Hoard are shedding new light into the ...

E xperiencing Medieval Times is a rite of passage. Maybe you took a school trip or passed it on the highway driving through ...

Not all peasants enjoyed the same level of benefits. Leave entitlements were negotiated between lords and their tenants.

Teen slang "6-7" isn't new - it traces back to medieval dice games from the 1300s. Shakespeare used it in "Richard II." ...

Pregnancy and childbirth presented the medieval expectant mother with a whole host of challenges and dangers. Just as today, there was a lot of instruction on how a pregnant woman should behave to ...

Featuring ancient narrative scrolls and medieval theatre masks, a new manga exhibition in Paris traces the global ...

Humanity's age-old fascination with extraterrestrial life was reignited by the arrival of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS. While ...

The carol didn’t become widely popular until the 20th century, when Richard Runciman Terry arranged it in the 1930s. A more ...

Communicating with hand signs has a long history. Researcher Jude Seal examines the evidence for signing in Medieval Europe ...