European maps from the Middle Ages are full of strange lands, legendary races and fabulous monsters. Only the Church with the ...

"Histoires Prodigieuses; the Monster of Cracow," 1559, London, Wellcome Collection. Public domain. Monsters, Prodigies, and Demons: Medieval and Early Modern Constructions of Alterity is dedicated to ...

A discovery in a medieval work has the world of religious historians and Star Wars fans buzzing. An illustration of a figure, striking an incredible resemblance to ...

127 Judeo-Greek across the Centuries: Tracing Greek-Speaking Jews and Their Literatures. The paper by Meron M. Piotrkowski has been withdrawn. 128 Medieval Monsters as Modern Monsters (3): Recovering ...

McCarthy uncovered further instances in which ancient humans apparently observed the same sneaky feeding behavior—and attributed it to sea monsters. They argue these Greek and Norwegian ...

An curved arrow pointing right. After dinosaurs went extinct, things were still pretty big. During the rise of the mammals, enormous creatures roamed the Earth. These monsters would go on to ...

But is there more to monsters than just screams and frights? WFUV's Chris Williams sits down with Fordham University Professors Rebecca June and Paul Levinson to talk about medieval monsters ...