Back in the Middle Ages, people had a supernatural explanation for almost everything. In their minds, spirits lurked in every ...

We need to remember that even in the middle of dealing with whatever big thing is happening now: We are alive.

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 ...

The final chapter describes how the Middle Ages acquired an undeserved reputation as an age ... the book remains a rich resource for examples of intellectual life in medieval universities, and ...

What was life like in medieval society? Most medieval people lived in villages, as there were few large towns in the Middle Ages. The majority of people were peasants. The Church's role in ...

In an era marked by strict patriarchal norms, women developed creative methods to protect their bodily autonomy, often using ...

NOVA: When we think of life inside a medieval castle ... Holmes: Well, by our standards, cleanliness in the Middle Ages was pretty poor. Clearly, a castle was slightly better maintained than ...

In seventh-century Emesa, Syria, a man walked through town tugging a dead dog on the end of a rope. He defecated in public, ...

Like many other films about the Middle Ages from the 21st century, it doesn’t shy away from the dirt, blood, and violence of this pivotal period in Scottish history.

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Aging expert Debra Whitman wondered how to age well. Her new book, “The Second Fifty: Answers to the 7 Big Questions of ...