Century England, a dark-skinned saint with a promiscuous past became a boundary-breaking cultural and religious icon. A new ...

The city, renowned today for its nightlife and world-class university, was once the beating heart of Britain's economy.

Medieval” has come to mean backward, uninformed, and brutal, particularly when looking at the lives of women. This does not ...

In medieval England, women in labor wrapped birth girdles around their abdomens to protect themselves and their unborn children. These parchment or paper rolls replicated the “girdle relics” of the ...

What follows is a strange journey across medieval England, in which Gawain encounters mysterious figures who sometimes help but often hinder him in his efforts. The earthy, naturalistic ...

Most people in medieval society lived in villages, there were few large towns. The majority of people were peasants, who worked on the land. There were a range of jobs and trades in towns and ...

It's described as one of the earliest forms of soccer with one ancient rule telling players not to murder each other.

Dr Jordan Claridge is developing a new dataset in order to understand wages in medieval England and the massive economic and societal changes of the late Middle Ages. Such views are generally based on ...

The ring, discovered by a metal detectorist in the U.K., is estimated to sell for between $19,000 and $23,000 at auction.

The ball is thrown to the into play at the start of the annual Shrovetide medieval hugball soccer that is match played in ...