Gunpowder has been around since at least the ninth century C.E. It reached the Middle East by the 13th century and made ... such as tools or machines. Medieval warfare relied on examples such ...

videoMedieval daily life Not everyone in the 13th century lived in castles. Ruth Goodman, Tom Pinfold and Peter Ginn visit a much humbler home to see how medieval peasants lived. Medieval warfare.

In 1071, a small nomadic dynasty—named the Seljuks after their founder—fought a battle against Byzantine forces under the ...

Whether created by ancient Egyptian scribes, medieval monks, or Mayan priests, these 26 remarkable survivors have endured ...

Less than 40 copies of the Arthurian story Suite Vulgate du Merlin are known to exist. One was just found, binding together ...

Part of a 13th century manuscript containing rare stories about Merlin and King Arthur has been discovered at Cambridge ...

A fragment of manuscript found in the book binding of a 16th-century archival register was actually a famed King Arthur ...

Historians recently unveiled a rare 13th-century document depicting the tales ... as they were individually handwritten by medieval scribes, and fewer than 40 copies are known to exist.

From Arthur’s birth to his ascension to king and eventually his presumed death, medieval writers told ... Library discovered part of a 13th-century manuscript “hidden in plain sight” in ...

Part of a 13th century manuscript containing ... in situ gives us a crucial insight into 16th-century archival practices, as well as access to the medieval story itself. It’s not just about ...