Horses are instinctively wired to run from danger. So how did medieval armies train them to thunder towards enemy lines ...

Before our current, carbon-fueled global warming trend took off during the 20th century, the most consequential temperature bump in recorded history was the Medieval Warm Period. This week, scientists ...

For those who love medieval architecture, England has always been a great spot, but this particular town in Cheshire seems to ...

These real medieval castles will transport you to a world filled with knights and princesses, legendary lore and inspiration for your daydreams Castles conjure up images of a romantic medieval past, ...

Something interesting about history is that just about in every time period and every culture, gay people were knocking boots. Which should be obvious, because in the long ago days before phones, the ...

Rachel Feltman: These days, science and magic are generally thought of as being diametrically opposed: fact versus fiction, reason versus fantasy, modern sensibilities versus archaic misconceptions.

We are living in a world that is getting warmer year by year, threatening our environment and way of life. But what if these climate conditions were not exceptional? What if it had already happened in ...

More than 70 bodies have now been uncovered at a medieval cemetery used for executed criminals, archaeologists say. The ...

My children often ask: Why is history so important? For which I regularly answer — because the past is rich with information and lessons. From about AD 800 to 1300 the Earth underwent a slight warming ...

Many mainstream economic historians do believe the average number of working days for peasant laborers in England hovered around, and even sometimes below, 150 days per year for certain stretches of ...