A new study shows how a medieval text was misread as history, shaping how the Black Death’s spread was understood for ...

Chateau Laroche—known to locals as Loveland Castle—rises from the Ohio landscape like a fever dream, a stone fortress that would look more at home in the European countryside than the American Midwest ...

The Medieval period, often idealized in movies, was a harsh and often terrifying time to be alive. The era is technically ...

Some sit proudly on cliffs or above rivers, others have been absorbed into towns, their towers peeking over rooftops. Together, they trace the country’s layered history: medieval frontiers, Habsburg ...

Luxembourg, a small European country, is dotted with charming medieval towns that take you back in time. With their cobbled streets, historic buildings, and rich history, these towns are a must-visit ...

Religious reformer Martin Luther’s message of spiritual freedom helped ignite the German Peasants’ War of 1525. But before ...

Southern Europe is a living museum of stone, a sun-soaked land where time has learned to move slowly, and history lingers in ...

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

Multiple would-be assassins were involved in the plot, and while several had had the chance to act and failed, and a bomb ...

Curator Earle Havens shares highlights from Johns Hopkins' collection of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts—and his team's ...

A new study suggests that Europe has been ‘global’ for over a millennium. The evidence for this claim comes from a set of shared cultural practices spread over a wide area in early Medieval Europe.

Darius von Guttner Sporzynski for The Conversation For two centuries, scholars have sparred over the roots of the Piasts, Poland’s first documented royal house, who reigned from the 10th to the 14th ...