In monasteries, villages, and castles, stories spread of spirits walking among the living. Medieval ghost encounters revealed both deep fears and the mysteries of the afterlife.

When we learn music today, one of the first things we encounter is the familiar set of syllables used to name the notes of the scale: do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do. To many people, this seems ...

Le Loke was, like all leper hospitals, known as a Lazar House, named after Lazarus the Beggar from the Bible, who was believed to be a leper. The hospital was dedicated to and named after St Leonard, ...

This piece is part of a series of articles covering the medieval and early modern great powers of each of Asia’s regions: ...

Using a mallet and chisel — and techniques that would be instantly familiar to masons working centuries ago — Freya de Lisle ...

Natasha Deen is a Guyanese-Canadian writer of books for kids and adults. Her books include the YA novels In the Key of Nira ...

Records of the prison date back to the late 1400s under King Henry VII, according to Smithsonian Magazine. A parliamentarian’s servant called it “a most vile prison” where their legs were shackled and ...

Age puzzles go back to antiquity. They challenge us to figure out how ages fit together into a pattern, using a blend of ...

Things are getting spicy. We explain how a word referring to cinnamon and pepper turned less literal by the 19th century.

History is full of ruthless figures, but few compare to the cruelty of this medieval nobleman. In this video, we delve into the life and crimes of a man whose actions shocked even his contemporaries.

Members from the Barony An Dubhaigeainn, the Suffolk County branch of the Society for Creative Anachronism — an international living history group dedicated to research and reenactment of the Middle ...