Knights in shining armor, swordplay, jousting, intrigue, and superstition–who doesn’t love a good story from the Middle Ages? A fan favorite ... Set in 1349 France, A Plague Tale: Innocence ...

Back in ancient times, the world of medicine was filled with odd remedies and strange cures that claimed to tackle […] ...

The blue gem, according to medieval goldsmiths, had remarkable properties, making it the most beloved stone. It was a cure of all kind of ailments: fever, eyes and front pains, ulcers of the tongue, ...

It features three huge medieval towers adorned with shimmering stained-glass windows. But the kids were focused more intently on something at the edge of the stonemason’s yard outside the ...

Each morning in Amudat, a town in eastern Uganda, those in the local hospital brace themselves for treatment. When the nurse administers the jabs—one in each buttock for 17 days straight—some ...

Travelers have always faced health hazards when far from home. Medieval people were no exception. Pilgrims, crusaders and others were warned by preachers such as 13th-century Jacques de Vitry of ...