Despite the deadliness of the disease, it was possible to recover from plague, and medieval chroniclers mention the ...

In our research in the British Library's medieval collections, we have identified a previously unnoticed document that ...

The medieval diet was divided by class, money, land, and power. Rich nobles and wealthy elites could enjoy meat, fish, wine, ...

The Black Death devastated Europe in the 14th century, killing tens of millions and reshaping society. With no understanding ...

It didn’t take long for cinema, the art form of the future, to develop a fascination with the past. Many of the first films ...

Medieval society needed workers, but not every role earned dignity. Certain jobs were unavoidable, but still left people ...

Galway (Ireland), May 21 (The Conversation) Who owns a swarm of bees? And what happens when they stray onto a neighbour’s land? In early medieval Ireland, such questions were addressed by a remarkable ...

Written with great sensitivity to the “considerable psychological burden that unimaginable loss and the constant threat of ...

While in theory, a pope couldn’t be removed during the Middle Ages, late medieval Europe still found ways to challenge, ...

From a WWII submarine sewage disaster to a deadly medieval pit toilet collapse, doing your business can come with risks.

A hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship has revived fears of rodent-borne diseases. From the Black Death to modern outbreaks, here's how such infections have shaped human history, and why they still ...

Researchers analyzed isotopes and DNA in the teeth of remains found in a mass grave from the Plague of Justinian, which swept through the Byzantine Empire ...