Let's go back to the Middle Ages to look at some dishes people still enjoy today. Find out if one of your favorite meals is ...

A new exhibition at The Met Cloisters makes the case that gender and sexual fluidity were an essential part of Medieval religious art.

The medieval period often gets painted as a thousand years of darkness, filth, and ignorance. Popular culture loves to show us dirty peasants wallowing in mud, superstitious fools who thought the ...

From flowing capes and chainmail tunics to banquet-style dining and moody, medieval tablescapes, couples are embracing a ...

A remarkable manuscript bound in furry seal skin has emerged as potentially Norway's oldest surviving book, offering unprecedented insights into medieval Christian life in Scandinavia. The eight-page ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Historians and scientists have long asserted that the Viking ...

Before our current, carbon-fueled global warming trend took off during the 20th century, the most consequential temperature bump in recorded history was the Medieval Warm Period. This week, scientists ...

Something interesting about history is that just about in every time period and every culture, gay people were knocking boots. Which should be obvious, because in the long ago days before phones, the ...

The UK Health and Security Agency has found that cases of the disease, which has been present in the UK for centuries, have ...

A new study questions the popular notion that 10th-century Norse people were able to colonize Greenland because of a period of unusually warm weather. Researchers say the climate was already cold when ...

In this medieval blacksmithing experiment, I attempt to forge a period-style axe using traditional techniques and materials.