Medieval cities were bustling centers of trade, culture, and chaos. In this video, we explore what daily life was really like inside the walls – from crowded streets and noisy markets to guilds, ...

It’s a big change for researchers in terms of contextualizing the lives of disabled people in the Middle Ages. "Inferring social norms around physical impairment and disability from religious ...

Archaeologists in Sweden have combined historical documents, digital excavation records, and cutting-edge 3D modelling to tell the story of what it may have been like to live with a disability in the ...

The election process in the early Middle Ages was quite transparent and collegial: Early popes were selected by consensus by the Roman deacons and nearby bishops, who then presented the pope-elect ...

Advent was celebrated for a longer period in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages, spanning five Sundays ... Mummers in medieval English villages wore masks and women’s clothing sang festive folk ...

Monastery architecture was pretty basic in the early Middle Ages. Around the 10th century, though, French architects developed a new style that demonstrated the Church’s increasing influence and ...

Middle-age people in the United States are more likely to die from a stroke than they have been in about two decades, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Back in the Middle Ages ... t until the early 14th century, when silhouettes started to follow the female form a bit more, that specific design elements were introduced to make clothing more ...

In service of this mission, the order fused two defining institutions of the early Middle Ages: the mounted knight and the pious monk. At the time, this made the Templars something of a puzzle.