Great books like Pilgrim and The Once and Future King are among the best at blending the harsh reality of medieval life with the mysticism of fantasy.

It is now clear that there was a great deal of excellent philosophy written in the Middle Ages. If so, just as there are ...

The vessel sank in the Adriatic Sea in the seventh or eighth century C.E. Its cargo included a gold signet ring likely ...

Alongside the usual canines and felines, the kinds of animals widely kept as pets in medieval times often strayed into far more bizarre territory than we might expect. In particular, the kinds of ...

A long-standing myth about medieval history is that the Middle Ages were intellectually dark. Science supposedly took a hiatus between the demise of Rome and the rise of Copernican astronomy and ...

Cats had a bad reputation in the middle ages. Their presumed links with paganism and witchcraft meant they were often treated with suspicion. But despite their association with the supernatural, ...

Explore the often misunderstood hygiene practices of the Middle Ages. Contrary to popular belief, not everyone was ...

The past is returning. Any return assumes a preceding departure. Perhaps, though, the past never left, and its absence will turn out to have been an illusion. Certain traits embedded in genes don’t ...