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UK Landslide Unveils Cave Shrine Steeped in Medieval Religion
Railway engineers in Britain have made a remarkable discovery, uncovering a cave that may have been used as a shrine or hermitage in the Middle Ages. Read moreSection: NewsHistory & ArchaeologyRead...
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Tough Times Call For Tough Measures - The Medieval Village Hierarchy
Life in a medieval village was surely no fairytale. Hard work, poverty, uncertainty of life and its comforts, the iron fist of the feudal lord - the disadvantages were numerous, and benefits few and...
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Experiment Reveals Secrets to Brutal Bronze Age Warfare
Experimental archaeology is a relatively new field and it is allowing experts to test their hypotheses about the past in a new hands-on way. Read moreSection: NewsHistory & ArchaeologyRead Later
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Experts Solve 1000-Year-Old Mystery of Rare Medieval Blue Ink
Portuguese researchers believe that they have identified the long-lost process and plant that provided a unique purple-blue pigment in the Middle Ages. Read moreSection: NewsHistory &...
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From the Vikings to WWII, the Danevirke Wall Has Seen it All
All through classical history, imposing and long walls, ramparts, and fortifications played a significant role in securing the borders of nations and kingdoms from all sorts of incursions and...
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Detectorists Unearth Rare Iron Age and Medieval Jewelry in England
In Britain, metal detectorists have unearthed two historically significant treasures and in particular, very rare pieces of Iron Age and medieval jewelry.Read moreSection: NewsHistory &...
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Study Reveals Medieval Longbows Were As Devastating As Modern Guns
A study has revealed the amazing power of the English medieval longbow. British researchers have found that they caused horrific injuries, based on their study of human remains. Read moreSection:...
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Medieval Europe’s Waves of Plague Also Required an Economic Action Plan
The Black Death (1347-51) devastated European society. Writing four decades after the event, the English monk and chronicler, Thomas Walsingham, remarked that “so much wretchedness followed these ills...
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Was Llywelyn the Great Wales’ Greatest Native Ruler?
Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, more commonly known as Llywelyn the Great (or Llywelyn Fawr in Welsh) was a Welsh prince who lived between the 12th and 13th century. Read moreSection: NewsHistoryFamous...
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Mass Medieval Cemetery Sheds Light on Berlin’s Brutal Birth
In Berlin, a historic medieval cemetery has been excavated which reveals that medieval people’s lives were blighted by hunger, disease, and extreme violence. Many of the human remains show signs of...
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“We Don't Need No Education!” – The History of Childhood
Over the last two millennia of Western civilization, the concept of ‘childhood’ has significantly evolved from one of a family-oriented perspective to that of the child-centered universe. Those of us...
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The Life and Times of the Notorious Medieval Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine
Eleanor of Aquitaine is considered to have been one of the wealthiest and most powerful women of medieval Europe during the 12th century. For a start, Eleanor was Duchess of Aquitaine in her own right,...
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The Flame of Freedom: Wat Tyler’s Peasant Revolt
Throughout the history of the medieval period, the voice of the peasants and the working class was always suppressed. In the difficult periods of this era, the peasant was always the oppressed party,...
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Medieval Inscription Found in Teutonic Knights’ Castle of Cēsis
The famous Cēsis Castle in central Latvia has given up an ancient secret carved within its bloodstained stone walls. Cēsis Castle is one of the most iconic medieval castles in Latvia. Founded in 1213...
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Mysterious Ancient Cross Found in Northern Pakistan
Researchers have unearthed a massive ancient cross in a remote mountain area of northern Pakistan. The evidence suggests it is a Christian object from the Middle Ages, but there is also the possibility...
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Greed and Decline: The Treasure of the Knights Templar and Their Downfall
The ‘Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and the Temple of Solomon,’ more commonly known as the Knights Templar, or the Templars, was one of the most renowned military orders during the Middle Ages. The...
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Bone Analysis Reveals Disturbing Habits of Medieval Danes and Italians
A fascinating, and exceptionally niche, new scientific study has looked at the mineral content of medieval bones of Danish and Italian people. The results paint a fresh picture of the lifestyle...
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Vast Temple Complex Found at Navan Fort in Northern Ireland
Archaeologists in Northern Ireland have uncovered a pagan temple at the important archaeological site at Navan. This was once the capital of Ulster and it has long been associated with Irish myths....
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Settlement of Iceland: Viking Hrafna-Flóki’s Real Journey
Iceland is a large Nordic island country, and one of the most sparsely populated nations in Europe. This remote island is known for its iconic North Atlantic climate and somewhat inhospitable nature....
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Medieval ‘Wine Windows’ Revived Due to Coronavirus
An old tradition has been revived in Florence, Italy due to the COVID-19 crisis. Once again wine windows have been opened to serve customers in one of Italy’s most beautiful cities. This tradition...
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