Views and great food don't often go together, but in Italy's Prosecco Hills, this medieval castle with lots of history serves ...

The vessel sank in the Adriatic Sea in the seventh or eighth century C.E. Its cargo included a gold signet ring likely associated with the emperor Heraclius and gold belts encrusted with rubies, emera ...

As they lose trust in public institutions and the health care system, people are increasingly turning to Middles Ages-style ...

A new analysis of skulls from a 14th-century battle in Sweden reveals a spiked club inflicted the death blow.

Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities has announced the discovery of the remains of a substantial building in the lost ...

These medieval towns offer a different way to discover southern Europe: taking the time to wander through their narrow ...

When many people think of medieval history, a pretty grim picture comes to mind. At best, we picture knights, castles, and ...

It turns out the Dark Ages weren't all that dark. According to new research, medieval medicine was way more sophisticated than previously thought, and some of its remedies are trending today on TikTok ...

This video examines the legend of Pope Joan, a woman said to have disguised herself as a man and become pope in medieval Rome ...

New research involving the University of Liverpool has provided comprehensive insights into the largest flood event in Europe over the past millennium—the flood traditionally known as "St. Mary ...

I’m a sucker for medieval history, so when I heard that Ben Foster and Michael Caine were starring in a film about the Czech national hero Jan Žižka, set in the immediate aftermath of the Bubonic ...

Daniel M. Lavery cofounded and co-edited the site The Toast and is the New York Times bestselling author of Texts From Jane Eyre, The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror, Something That May Shock ...