The Great Famine of 1315–1317 was one of the worst catastrophes of the late Middle Ages. Persistent rain destroyed crops, livestock starved, and diseases spread among the weakened population.

For all their hard work, peasants had a fair amount of downtime. Add up Sundays and the many holidays, and about one-third of the year was free of intensive work. Celebrations were frequent and ...

Welcome to the Middle Ages, where laws were crazier than a knight jousting with a breadstick. The craziest part is that some ...

A free Medieval Dynasty update is joined by elegant cosmetics in new DLC and a Steam sale for the crafting, building, and lifestyle sim RPG.

Contrary to popular belief, illuminated manuscripts were not exclusively made in Europe—one of the most impressive is from ...

We have a tendency to associate youth culture with modernity, but medieval people were as anxious about youths as are today’s headline writers worrying about the rise of the “millennial.” As the poet ...

Eyvind Earle (American, 1916-2000), "Concept Art" (1958), from Sleeping Beauty (Walt Disney Productions), gouache on board, 9 1/4 × 21 3/4 inches, Hilbert Collection (© Disney Enterprises, Inc., ...

Odds certainly aren't bad that Total War: Medieval 3 wins that race, despite Collum's hopes otherwise. The sequel to Medieval ...

Cats had a bad reputation in the middle ages. Their presumed links with paganism and witchcraft meant they were often treated with suspicion. But despite their association with the supernatural, ...

Universidad CEU San Pablo provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation ES. “People have the right to live as they wish, we are no longer in the Middle Ages.” This statement, made ...

Creative Assembly, the developer behind the classic Total War series of strategy games, has finally revealed that Total War: Medieval III is now in the opening stages of development almost 20 years ...

“Residents frustrated at ‘medieval’ cellphone coverage in the Far North,” ran the headline on a New Zealand news website. Communities on the shores of the Pacific Ocean were fed up with constant poor ...