Historian and host of the Gone Medieval podcast Matt Lewis ranks the most famous weapons from the medieval period. From the ...

Herald of Ages explained why the Medieval Period became known as the Middle Ages. It’s due to the fact that this era sits between the fall of the Roman Empire in 476 and the Renaissance Era in ...

For some time, many of these looked to the medieval period as a moment of chivalry and knightly quest. More recently, however, popular culture set in the Middle Ages has leaned into the gritty and ...

Satire had an important social function in medieval Ireland and poet Conchobhar Ruadh Mac Con Midhe knew how to use it ...

In medieval England it was only priests and churchmen who could read. However, non-churchmen were able to get around this by learning a verse from the Bible, which they would recite. This became ...

And why do they look so bizarre to us today? The medieval period, also sometimes known as the Middle Ages, is generally understood to have spanned about 1,000 years, from the 5th century to the ...

Sometimes it may appear that crime is increasing, but the apparent increase might actually be related to other factors: Historical research suggests that the medieval period was a particularly ...

Excavation work along the route of the Adare bypass unearthed a medieval treasure when a brooch pin dating back to the eighth ...

A “REMARKABLE” medieval relic discovered during Adare bypass works is to go on display for public viewing. An early medieval ...