In medieval Spain, the rigid social order didn't always stop ambitious peasants from rising through the ranks. This video uncovers the rare but fascinating paths that led commoners to knighthood - ...

The hair-raising reality of the Middle Ages is a grisly one that contrasts greatly with ... plunging entire communities into ...

For a medieval farmer, life began before dawn. The rooster’s crow was the only alarm clock. He rose to the chill of morning, ate coarse bread and weak ale, and walked to the lord’s fields. As part of ...

Demography is a particularly murky corner of early medieval history, but we know that between 500 and 1000 there was a trend ...