The Middle Ages, like all historical epochs – like our own – was a time of light and shadow. A time, in short, which, if we approach it without prejudice, still has many lessons to offer us.

The fantastical imagery that many of us consider “medieval” today has been invented, at least in part, in the centuries since. While some legends are rooted in the period, like the stories of ...

The “Dark Ages” is a misnomer. The period between Antiquity and the Renaissance, known as the Middle Ages, saw amazing advances in art, science, and philosophy. Around 1300, scholars in Europe ...

Indeed, it is this 20th-century French historian and archivist whose prolific work has done the most to dispel the particularly tenacious myths and prejudices of our time with regard to the Middle ...

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 ...

Mr Mortimer sets out to show that the medieval period, from 1000 to 1600, is profoundly misunderstood.It was not a backward and unchanging time marked by violence, ignorance and superstition ...

Doctors in the Middle Ages did not have access to the advanced knowledge that we do. So what did they know? Find out in this 3rd level BBC Bitesize article.