A vintage engraving of Medieval fashions. Today, the Middle Ages are a sort of paradox; the myth of the “Dark Ages,” which survives quite ably in popular culture, allows space for it to be whatever ...

Denva Gallant is an assistant professor of art history at Rice University and she’ll be speaking at the ASU symposium. She’s ...

"A black cat crossing your path brings bad luck," says the old adage. The tradition of the "witches' familiar," a small animal assistant, often a black cat, might have been the origin for the belief.

Pity the Middle Ages, so often derided as the dreary placeholder between the classical and modern eras. Or, worse, it’s a catchall for all things retrograde. Want to insult some people? Tell them that ...

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Detail from a manuscript made for King Lebna Dengel, circa 1520, Tädbabä Maryam Monastery, Ethiopia. Photograph by Diana Spencer, courtesy of the DEEDS Project In early 2020, just as the scope and ...

From the fall of Rome to the dawn of the Renaissance, the Middle Ages spanned over a thousand years of dramatic change. In this video, we break down the full timeline of the medieval era in just 15 ...

Universidad CEU San Pablo provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation ES. “People have the right to live as they wish, we are no longer in the Middle Ages.” This statement, made ...

The Middle Ages produced kings who didn’t just rule — they fought on the front lines. In this video, we count down the Top 5 ...

In some ways, the subject of the Getty Center’s exhibition “Play and Pastimes in the Middle Ages” might seem a bit peculiar. Play and pastimes in the world of the Black Death? In towns where sewage ...

The Middle Ages, also known as medieval times, are a period of history that spans roughly a millennium. Specifically, the 6th-16th Centuries CE, give or take a century depending on the source. This ...