A team of researchers in Romania has discovered over 200 books and manuscripts in a church in Mediaș. It includes dozens of early printed works and manuscript fragments dating back to as early as the...

A team of researchers in Romania has discovered over 200 books and manuscripts in a church in Mediaș. It includes dozens of early printed works and manuscript fragments dating back to as early as the...

Already in the early middle ages, there were narratives about fierce female Vikings fighting alongside men. Although, continuously reoccurring in art as well as in poetry, the women warriors have...

A museum in Austria has made available over 150,000 images into the public domain, including many from the Middle Ages. Fans of Albrecht Dürer will be particularly delighted, as more than 2100 of his...

Researchers in Spain exploring a castle's cemetery have discovered the remains of 25 people from a medieval military order. Amidst these burials, they also found a woman who could also have been a...

Archaeologists have discovered a stunning 13th century tiled floor during renovation works for Bath Abbey’s Footprint Project.

Scholars and aficionados can now search, download and study 160,000 pages of high-resolution, full-color manuscripts dating to the ninth century, thanks to library partnerships.

A new, free, online course developed by Trinity College Dublin will allow learners worldwide to explore the history of Ireland through the remarkable Book of Kells — one of  the world's most famous...

Christ's curse upon the crook who takes away this book.

In the Old Norse literature, the term ‘shieldmaiden’ (Skjaldmær in Icelandic) tends to be used with reference to a Viking woman warrior

I ask of you greetings and money.

Here are several videos that track the rise and fall of states in Scandinavia during the medieval period.

Seven institutions have come together to create a database of 34,000 new images of medieval manuscripts, books and coins. This includes over 600 manuscripts that are now online.

A detailed recipe for making white soap from fourteenth-century England.

Scholars and aficionados can now search, download and study 160,000 pages of high-resolution, full-color manuscripts dating to the ninth century, thanks to library partnerships.

A medieval church dating back to the 13th century is reopening after an impressive campaign led by The Friends of Friendless Churches to restore it.

The story of Master Roger, one of the many people caught up in the Mongol invasion of Hungary in 1241.

A joint scientific project has located the sunken church of Rungholt in the North Frisian Wadden Sea in Germany. It is believed that the church and the rest of Rungholt were drowned in a storm surge...

The story of Master Roger, one of the many people caught up in the Mongol invasion of Hungary in 1241.

Here are three videos showing the rise and fall of states in the British Isles during the Middle Ages, along with a fourth bonus video.

Two medieval churches in Wales, which date back over 900 years, will be saved from the brink of dereliction by the Friends of Friendless Churches, who have received a grant of nearly £770k as part of...

Here are three videos showing the rise and fall of states in the British Isles during the Middle Ages, along with a fourth bonus video.

One of the largest databases of medieval manuscripts has added 61 new items to its collection. They include manuscripts from the Franciscan order as well as fragments dating back to the eighth...

Surviving Winter in the Middle Ages: How did people stay warm? What did they eat? What did they do?

If you lived in 13th-century England, there would be a good chance that William or Alice would be your first name.

All about bees and beekeeping from the 10th century.

I ask of you greetings and money.

They were scouts, raiders, skirmishers, heavy cavalry, and shock cavalry all in one; and could operate as infantry as well if the need arose.

Fans of the Middle Ages and LEGO will have another reason to be happy, as the Danish company has created a new set: Medieval Town Square.

Here are three videos showing the rise and fall of states in the British Isles during the Middle Ages, along with a fourth bonus video.