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 ...

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 ...

One of the most misunderstood periods of history is the Middle Ages, which ranged from the fall of the Western Roman Empire ...

The Middle Ages were not all about tyrannical rulers and power struggles. Cooperation, compromise, and women in power were also common, according to a historian at the University of Oslo. When ...

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"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.

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 ...

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, 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 ...

Animals in court–with charges, defense, and verdict? Stories about animal trials in the Middle Ages seem bizarre. But were ...

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 ...