Albertus Magnus whose scientific contribution in times considered the prehistory of science earned him the title of patron saint of natural scientists.

Agriculture arose independently at several locations across the world, beginning about 12,000 years ago. The first crops and livestock were domesticated in six rather diffuse areas including the Near....

Queen Clotilde was no stranger to political intrigue and bloodshed, even before she married King Clovis (r. 481-511/513), the warlord who spread Frankish power to encompass most of France. …

Celebrating the Christmas season in the Carpathian Mountains

Ghino di Tacco was a lawless nobleman of Siena who flourished in the late 13th century. His intriguing life might have been forgotten if not for the famous Florentine writers, Dante Alighieri (c. 1…

Alexander I of Scotland reigned from 1107 to 1124 CE. Alexander continued the reorganisation of the...

Romila Thapar’s latest addition to the study of the ancient history of India and its presence in modern times has been elegantly translated through her book Voices of Dissent: An Essay. Romila...

Hobbamock (d. c. 1643 CE, also given as Hobbamok and Hobomok) was a Native American of the Pokanoket...

Massasoit (l. c. 1581-1661 CE) was the sachem (chief) of the Wampanoag Confederacy of modern-day New...

In this day and age we celebrate New Years on January 1st. Here are a few facts on how people celebrated the New Year in the medieval period.

The associations between women and weapons in the Viking Age are far more intricate than some people would have expected.

A closer examination of the medieval sources, however, reveals that this festival never actually existed.

In 1527, the Bruges fishmonger Thomas Haghebaert shouted at the governors of his guild: ‘I will have nothing to do with you or the magistracy. I sh*t on you and on the aldermen and on all those who th...

In the Mamluk state there were several ways to avoid being executed, including physical beauty.

Many foods still enjoyed around the world were invented in the Middle Ages, such as these six foods and drinks.

The island is in fact loaded with medieval things, which I’ve decided to share with you here.

The characters of Grendel’s mother, Judith, and Juliana serve as primary examples for this analysis. This dissertation identifies these three figures as exhibiting a heroic ...

Like so many medieval stories, the “juggler” narrative first fell into obscurity for almost 500 years, only to be unearthed and re-present-ed by nineteenth-century scholars ...

Like so many medieval stories, the “juggler” narrative first fell into obscurity for almost 500 years, only to be unearthed and re-present-ed by nineteenth-century scholars ...

It’s a great distraction from those pesky, apocalyptic thoughts