Perhaps one of the oddest moral panics - a fear that some evil threatens the wellbeing of society - was one that arose in medieval times. Fashionable pointy-toed shoes called poulaines were alleged to ...

CMEMS presents a James Field Willard Lecture in Medieval History, "Gilds and Things: the Making of Medieval London" with Rory Naismith for Monday, March 18th, 2019 at 5:00 PM in UMC 247. Medieval ...

THE remains of a roughly 1,200-year-old woman found on the shores of the River Thames have exposed the brutal punishment practices of early Medieval Britain. London between 600 to 800 AD, or Lundenwic ...

There are many a reason why tourists flock to London, and gorgeous as it may be, with its iconic red telephone boxes and ...

Archaeology reveals that a millennium ago, North America was home to thriving urban centres as large and sophisticated as ...

There’s rarely time to write about every cool science-y story that comes our way. So this year, we’re running a special Twelve Days of Christmas series of posts, highlighting one story that fell ...

The cesspit under the Somerset House is nearly 15 feet deep and contained almost 100 artifacts. Courtesy of MOLA Excavations at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London have revealed a nearly ...

Robert Philpot is a writer and journalist. He is the former editor of Progress magazine and the author of “Margaret Thatcher: The Honorary Jew.” LONDON — For nearly 1,000 years, the Tower of London ...