Perhaps one of the oddest moral panics - a fear that some evil threatens the wellbeing of society - was one that arose in medieval times. Fashionable pointy-toed shoes called poulaines were alleged to ...

The cesspit under the Somerset House is nearly 15 feet deep and contained almost 100 artifacts. Courtesy of MOLA Excavations at the Courtauld Institute of Art in London have revealed a nearly ...

Exploring London's Hidden Medieval Metropolis' If you were asked to picture London during the Middle Ages, you might think of ...

Archeologists in London have found a medieval ritual bath that they say is among the oldest pieces of physical evidence of Jews in Europe. The mikvah dates from the 13th century and is “the only ...

A medieval London church tower has been suspended 45ft above the ground in what has been described as a “never-seen-before feat of engineering”. The tower of All Hallows Staining was balanced on ...

On Monday, Oct. 28, from 5 to 6 p.m., Prof. Lauren Fogle of the History Department will be giving a lecture in Dugan 208 related to her research on Jewish conversion to Christianity in medieval ...

Medieval London was crowded, dark, and poorly policed. Violence was not an exception, it was routine. This video examines a murder map that reveals where killings occurred. The patterns expose how ...

The medieval stone tower, among the oldest surviving structures in the area, has been raised on temporary supports so construction can continue beneath it, allowing the landmark to be integrated into ...

London (CNN) — Oxford was the murder capital of late-medieval England, with the city’s male university population being the main catalyst for violence, according to new research. London (CNN) — Oxford ...

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