The Sword of St. Michael, a line of sacred sites stretches mysteriously in perfect alignment from Ireland through Greece to the Holy Land.

This film explores European life from 1200 to 1500, highlighting the significance of art in documenting this era. It discusses the three main institutions of medieval Europe: the Church, the Emperors, ...

A time of innovation, philosophy, and legendary works of art: the realities of the medieval period (500 to 1500 C.E.) in Europe may surprise you. Many know the years before the Renaissance and ...

(THE CONVERSATION) My students tend to imagine the Middle Ages as something like the “Kingdom Come” or “Total War” video games: an age of utter political chaos, when swords and daggers ruled, and ...

This week saw more than 2,500 scholars of the Middle Ages descend on the University of Leeds (England) for the 25th annual International Medieval Congress. There, over the course of 4 days and more ...

Bubonic plague, also known as the Black Death, wiped out an estimated 60 percent of the population of Europe after traders coming from Asia inadvertently introduced it in 1347. Now a study published ...