Across Africa, Europe, and Asia, the Middle Ages were a hotbed for political events, military action, pioneering inventions, influential literature, and religious turmoil. Let’s travel back in time ...

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 ...

But what was it like for women in the Middle Ages? Given what we know about medieval hygiene, it’s hard not to feel sympathy for them. Without the convenience of modern pads or tampons ...