Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Celebrations for medieval peasants were frequent and centered around religious holidays, and the longest and most festive of these ...

For medieval peasants, marriage wasn’t about ceremonies, churches, or paperwork — it was about whether a couple could build a working household. Church law ultimately ruled that mutual consent was the ...

Winter in a peasant village, painted by the Limbourg brothers and published in the medieval illuminated manuscript ‘Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry.’ Pierce Archive LLC/Buyenlarge via Getty Images ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Winter in a peasant village, painted by the Limbourg brothers and published in the medieval illuminated manuscript 'Très Riches ...

(THE CONVERSATION) When people think of the European Middle Ages, it often brings to mind grinding poverty, superstition and darkness. But the reality of the 1,000-year period from 500 to 1500 was ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Bobbi Sutherland, University of Dayton (THE CONVERSATION) When people think of the ...