Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the history of medieval period, Christianity and Roman Empire ...

Yearning princesses locked away in castles, heroic knights, hawkish Vikings — fragments of medieval European stories have permeated nearly every aspect of contemporary culture, from Taylor Swift songs ...

Modern European cities and medieval cities share a population-density-to-area relationship, a new paper concludes – the latest research to find regularities in human settlement patterns across space ...

Here's the thing: medieval punishments may seem completely bonkers, but when you catch sight of the laws they were trying to punish, they make a certain sense. The medieval European world of crime and ...

Jewish Daily Life in Medieval Northern Europe, 1080–1350: A Sourcebook takes the reader through a fascinating journey in time, a unique excursion into the vibrant Jewish communities that were once an ...

This question originally appeared on Quora. Answer by Tim O’Neill, medievalist: Contrary to what is found all over the Internet on the subject, the most common drink was water, for the obvious reason: ...

Eleanor of Aquitaine became one of the most influential women in medieval Europe, ruling as queen of both France and England.

This week saw more than 2,500 scholars of the Middle Ages descend on the University of Leeds (England) for the 25th annual International Medieval Congress. There, over the course of 4 days and more ...

My book Cities of Strangers: Making Lives in Medieval Europe is about the ways newcomers were received and accepted in medieval cities: how strangers became neighbours, and how calamity made them ...

Medieval imagery wasn’t meant to be funny when it was made hundreds of years ago, but all over Instagram it has been remixed, captioned, and somehow reads as peak hilarious — depending on your sense ...