From super rich rulers and complex belief systems to an Iron Age brought about by pot making, OO Sangoyomi reveals surprising ...

was also very different from the way it's often depicted in fictional media. Here are thirty weird (but true) facts about European life in the Medieval period.

Eschewing the well-worn narratives that search for the national origins of England, Scotland and Wales, Rory Naismith makes a compelling case for adopting a much more holistic approach to the study of ...

In the medieval era, treason did not just mean defying the authority of the king - it meant defying any authority. According to the 1351 Treason Act, this included a wife killing her husband ...

The look reminded him of Gothic architecture, and so, Petepiece threw himself into researching medieval history. While reading, he discovered he felt a kinship with artists of the era. Petepiece ...

This story appears in the March/April 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine ... of the general easygoing attitude of the medieval period toward hygiene, table manners were not ...