To those who feel nerves before attending a party or have to overcome a sense of anxiety before guests arrive, medieval ...

She said the stories it contains tell about life in the time of the many scribes behind it, who penned it over a 50 year period. "It's a very important source of Irish historical information and ...

Construction on the Varberg Tunnel in Sweden—part of a modern railway project—has resulted in an unexpected bounty of historical underwater finds: six shipwrecks spanning the Middle Ages to ...

Varbergsvraken 5, also a clinker-built ship, dates from the 17th century, during which time Sweden became a great power in Europe and exercised territorial control over much of the Baltic region ...

Getting your period has long been a significant milestone in the life of any girl or woman—a biological event that not only transforms her body but often alters her social standing.

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 ...

A flock of nearly 80 white storks has been seen in Cornwall for the first time since the Middle Ages. The last breeding pair to be recorded in Britain was in 1416, nesting on a cathedral in Edinburgh.

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.

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 ...

What the Middle Ages can teach us about humanity and faith Historian Mark Gregory Pegg’s book ‘Beatrice’s Last Smile’ offers a new look at the historical period through its people and ...