Visit Slovenia's oldest town for a peaceful escape filled with medieval charm, fascinating history, and some of the country's ...

The Middle Ages weren’t as dreary and desperate as you’d think, and peasants often had weeks of idle time during the holidays ...

An exhibition prioritizes the expensive, silent object over the lived, functional experience of the believer.

Medieval weapons in Poland's Lake Lednica linked to the country's first rulers, Mieszko I and Bolesław the Brave, were found ...

Experiencing Medieval Times is a rite of passage. Maybe you took a school trip or passed it on the highway driving through New Jersey and wondered, "Do people really go to this place and eat chicken ...

Images of the son of God depict him as petting lions, rescuing another boy from a tower, and standing on a sunbeam.

Contrary to popular belief, illuminated manuscripts were not exclusively made in Europe—one of the most impressive is from ...

Beneath the waters of Poland, four medieval spears emerge after nearly a thousand years, revealing secrets of the Piast ...

A new theory from the University of Bristol suggests that one of history's most famous medieval artifacts may have served a surprising purpose. The Bayeux Tapestry, the iconic 68-meter embroidered ...

New research by a historian from the University of Bristol offers an intriguing suggestion about one of history's biggest mysteries—the original purpose of the world-famous Bayeux Tapestry.

Life in many medieval towns revolved around constructing a cathedral, a massive undertaking that took generations of work by everyone from artists and architects to prisoners of war. Work in ...