The picturesque village boasts 1,000 years of rich history, stunning churches and marvellous buildings, as well as a ...

Hawks offered women both real and symbolic means to express gender, power and status within a male-dominated world.

A metal detectorist in the east of England discovered a medieval seal that was made between 1200 and 1400 C.E. The seal mixes ...

When we think of sugar these days, it's likely in a bag or box of granules; however, in the medieval period, people used it ...

In September 2024, a metal detectorist scouring a farm about 45 miles northeast of London found a silver, oval pendant ...

The Abbey Library of St Gallen is a Baroque hall of globes, manuscripts and curiosities that has survived, improbably, for ...

Fragments of the medieval shrine of St William of York are on display in York Minster for the first time in nearly 500 years.

New research reveals a forgotten side of medieval Christianity—one rooted not in cathedrals, but in fields, forests, and ...

This quaint hamlet is the ideal serene getaway — especially for history aficionados who are fans of stunning architecture and gorgeous buildings.

Medieval texts and frescoes show how Francis of Assisi’s legends formed – and why his call to poverty and care for creation ...

The parchments initially contained references to a star catalog and maps created during the second century B.C.E.

This medieval village in the Lot valley, up on a cliff above the river, looks like something straight out of a novel. Saint-Cirq-Lapopie is a charming place of narrow streets, corbelled houses and ...