Europe is filled with modern capitals and bustling cities, but scattered across the continent are towns that feel untouched ...

My students tend to imagine the Middle Ages as something like the “Kingdom Come” or “Total War” video games: an age of utter political chaos, when swords and daggers ruled, and masculinity and ...

Europe is home to countless medieval cities. From the fortified city of Carcassonne, to the leaning towers of Bologna, Europe ...

Europe is home to countless medieval locations. From the tidal island of Mont Saint-Michel, to the spooky castles of ...

Medieval Europe’s diverse regional cultures were balanced by a conscious attempt to create a unified view of the world that embraced religious and social ideals, Latin and vernacular literature, and ...

A team of archaeologists have made an incredible discovery in the waters off the coast of Copenhagen. The Danish team has ...

One thinks of the Middle Ages as a time when peasants rarely moved more than a few miles from their huts or monks from their monasteries—when people generally, other than perhaps the well-to-do, were ...

When people think of the European Middle Ages, it often brings to mind grinding poverty, superstition and darkness. But the ...

Norwich Castle, a mighty medieval fortress built by William the Conquerer after he invaded England in 1066, reopened to the public last month following a landmark $37 million restoration. The castle’s ...

Usually, when people hear the term “illuminated manuscript,” they think of enormous, leather-bound books, produced painstakingly by the hands of medieval European monks, and filled to the brim with ...

A new exhibition explores the questions raised by economic revolution—and how familiar those questions remain today Teresa Nowakowski - Daily Correspondent A display of low-value coins from Greece ...