In the Middle Ages there was no rational doubt that humans were created only male and female,’ one scholar said.

In Hungary, a grave worthy of Katniss Everdeen – complete with a bow and an armor-piercing arrowhead – contains what just ...

A cache of precious metal regalia recently discovered in a Lithuanian cathedral sheds light on medieval royalty.

Medieval wall paintings considered the finest of their type surviving from late 13th-century France, with close style links ...

Celtic Studies Association of North America Annual Conference will take place on the U of A campus April 3-5. Registration is free and open to the public.

While the princess was often powerless, the snippets of evidence that we have about her present the life of a young woman ...

Dating to the fifth and sixth centuries C.E., the burials held a trove of grave goods—but the team was particularly impressed ...

Helen Gittos, a professor of medieval history at Oxford University, in the U.K., has developed a new theory regarding the ...

Overall, the study’s revelations shed light on how cultural norms can shape life expectancy in profound ways. While today’s ...

In 1925, the Medieval Academy of America (MAA) was founded as a learned society dedicated to pursuing scholarly research on the Middle Ages in North America. A century later, the MAA occupies a ...

Archaeologists Discover a Well-Preserved Sword From Early Medieval-Era in a Cemetery Engraved With Mysterious Runes ...