For generations, a misidentified medieval manuscript was hidden in a 474-year-old English boarding school’s library. After a ...

Temples, military labour markets, and land-grant regimes structured medieval caste hierarchies. Today, access to education, ...

Astronomers suggest the honor should go to an 11th century monk known for a disastrous flying attempt.

It was believed to be a source of sacred power.

American football, the game played at the Super Bowl, where a foot is rarely used to direct the ball. And elsewhere in the ...

A medieval shrine dedicated to York’s patron saint has returned to York Minster for the first time in nearly 500 years.

Medieval mass grave unearthed in Germany may contain remains of Black Death victims - Find marks first systematically ...

One of Europe’s oldest university sights is the Book of Kells, tucked away in the library of the venerable Trinity College in ...

A "priceless" manuscript held in a school library has been confirmed as the only surviving complete version of a work by an ...

Some of the most impressive artifacts of the West’s intellectual history are best appreciated in the intimate academic environs that fostered them.

Divers have unearthed the largest cog shipwreck ever discovered in a strait off Denmark, signalling a period of economic development in medieval Europe.

Researchers reveal genetic insights disproving claims that medieval Greek population in the Peloponnese went extinct.