They had a hard life working all day on farms owned by nobles. By the 12th century this was changing. New towns developed around religious buildings, castles or trade routes. These towns were ...

The Medievals are often criticised for their bad child-rearing skills, such as sending their youngsters off to be fostered and trained by other families. Many of the decisions they made as parents are ...

Professor Richard Holmes, a British military historian featured in the NOVA film "Medieval Siege," talks here about everyday life ... cleanliness in the Middle Ages was pretty poor.

Far from their dour reputation, the Middle Ages were a period of massive social change, burgeoning nationalism, international conflict, terrible natural disaster, climate change, rebellion ...