Hunting played a central role in medieval life, serving both as a source of food and a display of social status. For nobles and kings, it was also an essential part of education, teaching skills such ...

Syphilis existed in medieval Europe, and it caused the death of England’s King Edward IV. That’s the surprising argument of Smith College scholar Marylynn Salmon, just published in The Medieval Globe, ...

A structure in southwest England that's associated with King Arthur isn't medieval as scientists had long thought. Instead, it dates back more than 5,000 years, to the Neolithic, or New Stone Age, ...

A windswept plateau in Cornwall has yielded a surprise that rewrites centuries of myth. Long linked to the legend of King Arthur, a site known as King Arthur’s Hall has now been firmly dated to the ...

Conservator Sally Kilby and Błażej Mikuła photograph inside the folds of a medieval manuscript that was used as the cover for another book later on. - Cambridge University Library Researchers have ...

Giles Gasper receives funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK and the Leverhulme Trust, UK. The festive season in medieval Christendom included many traditions that are not echoed in ...