T he European Middle Ages seem to be having a moment. Although it’s true that, essentially since the time they ended, the period has been used to justify the shape of an author’s contemporary ...

We tend to think of the European Middle Ages as a particularly violent time, one from which we've now evolved beyond. But the Middle Ages were not more violent than our own world, revealing a ...

Most people don’t think of the European Middle Ages as a time particularly concerned with the law. Is that fair? ... And the criminal trial jury has its roots in this period.

Recent research has, however, exploded almost every myth about the scientific stagnation of the Middle Ages. Historians have shown it to be a period of impressive innovation and ingenuity. For ...

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.

Yet, the European Middle Ages — a period spanning more than 1,000 years — was much richer (and ... But not everyone spent all their time thinking about God, and some were critical of religious ...