A medieval person would find modern life deeply unsettling rather than impressive. Personal freedom, gender equality, and ...

A stained-glass window depicting Empress Matilda's voyage from England to Normandy Andreas F. Borchert via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 In three decades of teaching medieval European history, ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. In the Halloween season, American culture briefly participates in an ancient ...

Those inclined to see our era as a feminist golden age will find a timely corrective in “The Once and Future Sex,” medieval historian Eleanor Janega’s accessible and entertaining study of how women ...

The remains of numerous individuals unearthed on the former site of the Hospital of St. John the Evangelist, taken during the 2010 excavation on the site of the Divinity School building, St John’s ...

Medieval society was divided into three main groups: the nobility, the clergy, and the peasantry. The peasants were protected by local lords (nobles), who defended them from raiders and highway ...

Medieval society needed workers, but not every role earned dignity. Certain jobs were unavoidable, but still left people socially shunned and physically stained. Others placed people in danger or left ...

Medieval Europeans genuinely believed the world beyond their borders was inhabited by monstrous human-like creatures.

The remains of an individual buried at the Augustinian friary, pictured during excavations in 2016 Courtesy of the University of Cambridge From accidents to war, abuse and backbreaking labor, daily ...