Across Africa, Europe, and Asia, the Middle Ages were a hotbed for political events, military action, pioneering inventions, ...

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 earliest mention of a birthday was around the year 3,000 BCE and was in reference to an Egyptian Pharaoh. Although it was ...

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. Thomas West ...

It was important to keep the patient’s body in balance. This was done by removing excess fluid. The most common method used by doctors in the Middle Ages was bloodletting. There were two methods ...