Aristophanes wrote in the 5th century BCE about coin hoards in Athens. He joked about the common saying,

No other Roman emperor travelled as much as Hadrian (r. 117-138 CE). The ‘restless’ emperor spent more time travelling than in Rome, devoting half of his 21-year reign to the inspection of the provinc...

Before 1242, the Teutonic Order was a rising power in the Baltic. The Knights had conquered most of Prussia, incorporated the Livonian Order, and were pressing into Russia; in a few short years they w...

Albertine Agnes of Nassau was born on 9 April 1634 in The Hague as the sixth child and fifth daughter of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange and Amalia of Solms-Braunfels. Her elder brother was William ...

Certain fake ideas about the medieval past become a central reference point for these nations as they strive to create distinctive national identities in support of their various goals. Medieval cultu...

The Reconquista, the reconquest of Spain, lasted seven centuries, from the 8th century to the 15th century. During that time the Iberian Peninsula was liberated from Muslim rule.

For medieval Europeans, talking openly about sex in what we might think of now as explicit detail was a very normal part of life.