A stained-glass window depicting Empress Matilda's voyage from England to Normandy Andreas F. Borchert via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 In three decades of teaching medieval European history, ...

When you think of the Middle Ages, your mind probably jumps straight to a landscape of mud-caked peasants, unrelenting gloom, and a complete lack of scientific curiosity. This era is often unfairly ...

Medieval Grimsby features music, storytelling and craft demonstrations in Grimsby's historic centre.

For medieval nobles, inheritance was never guaranteed by blood alone. If a landholding father died before his heir came of age—typically 21 for boys, 14 for girls—the estate was not simply passed down ...

A map pinpointing hundreds of homicides in 14th-century England could help teach medieval history. By Isabella Kwai A spice merchant stabbed by a fruit seller over a longstanding feud. A street ...

Measuring about 20 inches high and some 230 feet long, the Bayeux Tapestry is part artwork, part historical document, featuring 58 distinct scenes, 626 people and hundreds of animals both real and ...

Historia Normannis Colchester brought medieval history to life at a free University of Essex combat training session on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Residents frustrated at 'medieval' cellphone coverage in the Far North," ran the headline on a New Zealand news website.

Joe Grantham is a Staff Writer from the UK with a degree in Classical Studies. His love for gaming is only rivaled by a deep passion for medieval history, which often seeps into his articles. With ...

Joe Grantham is a Staff Writer from the UK with a degree in Classical Studies. His love for gaming is only rivaled by a deep passion for medieval history, which often seeps into his articles. With ...