Among the most popular books of the time, bestiaries were filled with real and mythical animals and their lore, the ...
For anyone who’s wondered about Aristotle’s sex life, saintly gender identity or medieval spanking, the Met Cloisters’ newest ...
This year at Yale, two new literature classes will push the boundaries — cultural, linguistic, and geographic — of what we talk about when we talk about medieval literature. The aims of the classes ...
Cats had a bad reputation in the middle ages. Their presumed links with paganism and witchcraft meant they were often treated with suspicion. But despite their association with the supernatural, ...
Dalhousie University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. The seemingly fantastical world of the Middle Ages has held western popular culture in fascination since (at least) its ...
These saints from centuries ago still speak urgently with timeless messages on community, knowledge, creativity, ...
At the Met Cloisters in Manhattan, paintings, statuettes and other objects demonstrate that human desire transcends time and ...
Thanks to movies and shows like Kingdom of Heaven and Marco Polo most of us have a certain idea of what medieval warhorses looked like: big, brawny, and capable of smashing heads with their hooves. A ...
The Colorado Springs chapter of the Society for Creative Anachronism hosts a medieval tournament which determines the next ...
The Gothic palace built for Exeter’s clerics has most recently served as a unique family home and is now selling for £3.95 ...
Historians recently unearthed some "health hacks" dating back to the Middle Ages – and some sound like they came straight off TikTok. The database, called the Corpus of Early Medieval Latin Medicine, ...
Render Cube has announced that Middle-Ages survival romp Medieval Dynasty is officially coming to PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, having enjoyed great success on PC, where it’s sold over one million copies.