Money has shaped civilizations for centuries, but in Medieval Europe, it didn’t work the way we think today. The rise of banking, trade credit, and money changers transformed the economy from a simple ...

The castle serves as a reminder that magic and wonder can be found in the most unexpected places, often just a short drive ...

DNA analysis of the remains in a late iron age grave in southern Finland may have belonged to a high-status non-binary person.

Nearly four decades ago, Hedgecock got started reenacting 15th century medieval history and began crafting replica arms and ...

London CNN — Archaeologists working at a site in south Wales have uncovered dozens of skeletons – mostly women – which offer ...

On a recent afternoon, I found myself riffling through clothes at a department store, with a goal that should have been simple: to find a business-casual outfit for a professional event that evening.

Using new high-resolution pollen records, as well as historical and archaeological data, the study shows a period of rapid ... state formation failure in early medieval Poland, Proceedings of ...

To read about a similar effort to decipher early medieval manuscripts in a Christian monastery in Egypt, go to "Recovering Hidden Texts." ...

It’s also thought climate change played its part. David Sear explains how the medieval era was a time of fluctuating solar activity, which affected sea temperatures and led to frequent ...

These early versions of modern dust jackets ... These marine mammals were rarely depicted in medieval art or coats of arms, and there was no French word for “seal” during this period, reports Live ...

On April 7, Boyd Recital Hall hosted Collegium Musicum, a chamber music experience designed for the performance of early music literature ... filled with drones and medieval melody, with droning and ...

beautifully detailed and dating from well over 1,000 years ago. It shows what significant skill, talent, and wealth there was even in Early Medieval period in and around County Limerick.” ...