Every few months, a post does the rounds claiming that women in the Middle Ages in Europe routinely poisoned their husbands ...

Researchers dated the ship by conducting tree-ring analysis, which showed it was built with timber from Pomerania, in ...

Europe’s medieval cities weren’t designed to impress modern travelers, yet centuries later they feel almost unreal. Stone ...

In the medieval feudal system, the nobility were generally those who held a fief, often land or office under vassalage in ...

The Worcester Art Museum’s reopening of its armor galleries goes far beyond the romance with medieval Europe.

One of Europe’s oldest university sights is the Book of Kells, tucked away in the library of the venerable Trinity College in ...

In the 16th century, cats weren’t just pets — they were accused of being witches, demons, and agents of Satan himself. This video explores how superstition and fear turned cats into symbols of evil, ...

From a 5,500-year-old human shin bone, scientists have discovered a close cousin of the pathogen that causes syphilis, ...

The sunken ship reveals that the medieval European economy was growing fast. Archaeologists recently found the wreck of an ...

Divers have unearthed the largest cog shipwreck ever discovered in a strait off Denmark, signalling a period of economic development in medieval Europe.

In 1379, a group of pigs in the village of Saint-Marcel-lès-Jussey in eastern France killed a swineherd’s child. In 1386, a ...

Step into Erfurt, Germany's captivating Krämerbrücke, the oldest inhabited bridge in Europe! This medieval architectural gem, ...