They are prayers in verse. The unknown authors were not thinking of fame ... It has the clean fragrance of a bunch of cowslips gathered in a sunlit meadow. The medieval poet has the direct and candid ...

A team of researchers found the remains of the “Well-man” from an 800-year-old Norse saga and used ancient DNA analysis to reconstruct who he was.

English Alliterative Verse tells the story of the medieval poetic tradition that includes Beowulf, Piers Plowman, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, stretching from the eighth century, when English ...

A dead body was thrown into a well outside of a castle in Norway more than 800 years ago. The incident is described in a ...

Please verify your email address. Medieval city-builders offer a unique starting-from-scratch experience. The best of these games allow players to create realistic villages on natural landscapes.

An aerial survey has revealed hundreds of medieval archaeological features thousands of feet above sea level along the famous Silk Road—a network of ancient trade routes that connected ...

Researchers say the discovery matched "very well" with a story documented in a historical text known as the Sverris Saga.

Two armies, resplendent in medieval plate-like armour, size up each other on the outskirts of a NSW state forest, waiting for the order to charge. The tension is broken momentarily by the ding of ...

Medieval Europe’s diverse regional cultures were balanced by a conscious attempt to create a unified view of the world that embraced religious and social ideals, Latin and vernacular literature, and ...

What was life like in medieval society? Most medieval people lived in villages, as there were few large towns in the Middle Ages. The majority of people were peasants. The Church's role in ...

This programme offers an innovative way of studying medieval culture and society by exploring the inherent interdisciplinarity of medieval culture. As a student, you will benefit from research-led ...