Jesters, also known as court jesters or fools, are a big part of the history of the Middle Ages - but what was the role of a ...

Back in medieval times, folks had a unique approach to sleeping. Beds were more like wooden frames, often with straw-filled ...

Meditation on Christ’s suffering gave medieval women a sense that their despised bodies could mirror his, says Hetta Howes ...

Donations from pals and well wishers – including Hollywood action star Russell Crowe – have helped the ailing driving force ...

When Abbot Abbo of Fleury agreed to travel to Gascony to advise on the reform of the monastery of La Réole, he would not have expected that his trip would result in his death. Yet in 1004 Abbo was the ...

Medieval city-builder Manor Lords is set to get a massive new update, and it could potentially be a strong finale to the year ...

Medieval Love Letters reveals the fascinating duality of the medieval love letter as literary art and as life-writing by exploring a wide variety of remarkable texts in English, French, German and ...

The representation of the Medieval Era as people might know it, from general understanding and pop culture, is very different from its reality. Life expectancy was shorter, but not drastically so.

And for the Middle Ages and for people living in medieval Europe, astrology was also really a part of daily life, and it was utilized in ways that I think we would be unfamiliar with today ...

Stephanie Leith’s work focuses on analyzing the spines of medieval era books to look for clues about life and literature at ...