Living with dwarfism in the Middle Ages meant facing a world shaped by superstition, spectacle, and strict social roles. In ...

Among the most popular books of the time, bestiaries were filled with real and mythical animals and their lore, the ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — A crowd gathered at the Matthewis Persen House Museum on Saturday, Oct. 5, for “Life in the Middle Ages,” an event showcasing pre-17th century culture and traditions. It was hosted by ...

An excavation at Oxford University has yielded ancient book clasps, medieval pens and imported fish bones, offering ...

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All from Western Europe, the pieces in the show include jewelry, paintings, stained glass, illuminated manuscripts, textiles ...

Thousands of pieces of leather discovered in an Oslo harbor are giving archaeologists insight into everyday life in medieval Norway. While excavating near an old harbor in Oslo, archaeologists have ...

12th century French monks used animal skins to bind and cover their books. One group of books covers didn't look at all like the others. Protein fingerprint and DNA analysis revealed them to be not ...

Find out what medieval people did behind closed doors, as you examine the ways they often broke the rules about sex and what could happen to them when they got caught. From masturbation and ...

Many of Germany’s signature castles, from Schwerin in the north to Neuschwanstein in Bavaria, are bucket-list items for hosts of visitors and residents from abroad. The stony ramparts in Ronneburg, ...