The Middle Ages may have not been as dark as one imagines, but some of the things people did back then certainly don't help ...

Characters fight with medieval weapons like swords ... Robert Jordan tells the readers in every book that “Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth ...

Now, you can crap on their efforts by slapping together rad illuminated pages in seconds in a video game editor. That game is ...

The latest work by renowned historian Diarmaid MacCulloch tackles Christian attitudes to sex over the centuries. Modern-day Christians who talk about traditional values usually don’t know how ...

A new exhibition in Dublin showcases historic manuscripts written in Irish monasteries. The show also features medieval ...

To those who feel nerves before attending a party or have to overcome a sense of anxiety before guests arrive, medieval ...

In recent years, an irresistibly intuitive hypothesis has both salved and fuelled parental anxieties: it’s the phones.

One of the most important surviving medieval manuscripts written in Irish goes on public display after a two-year-long project to conserve it. The Book of Leinster, which was written in the 12th ...

The “Dark Ages” is a misnomer. The period between Antiquity and the Renaissance, known as the Middle Ages, saw amazing advances in art, science, and philosophy. Around 1300, scholars in Europe ...

This is explored in a new book by Sara J Charles that takes modern readers back to the origins — technical, social, economic and intellectual — of copying in late antiquity and the Middle Ages.

'Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages' by Dan Jones (2021) Jones begins his kaleidoscopic account with the sack of Rome in 410 and never slows down.

One Fine Show: “The Book of Marvels – Wonder and Fear in the Middle Ages” at the Getty Museum The exhibition showcases a recently acquired illuminated manuscript, an encyclopedia of global ...