Medieval Studies has a choice to make. Just this week controversy erupted over the largest annual academic conference devoted to the study of the Middle Ages in all of its forms - the International ...

Old-fashioned sleuthing and modern technology have led to the discovery of a manuscript containing a poem written by a farm ...

A few weeks ago, the New York Times ran the piece "A Breakthrough in C-Section History," detailing a recent article in a medical journal about Beatrice of Bourbon's 1337 delivery. But medical ...

“Queen of Nooses” from “The Cloisters Playing Cards” (South Netherlandish, Burgundian territories, 1475–80), paper (four layers in pasteboard) with pen and ink, opaque paint, glazes, and applied ...

Many great churches and cathedrals have suffered catastrophic fires over their long histories and medieval chronicles are full of stories of devastation and ruin as a result – but they also tell of ...

Europe is filled with incredible medieval places that continue to preserve centuries of history and architecture. From ...

The Tumblr sounds a bit like a college course: People of Color in European Art History. And its goal is pretty ambitious. The blog's author, Malisha Dewalt, says that her goal is to challenge the ...

Compass-drawn Hexfoil or “Daisy Wheel” designs from English medieval churches (all images courtesy Matthew Champion and Ebury Press) Champion writes that “the medieval church was a far more ...

Getting some air: The largest remaining game of "no rules" medieval football, played every year in Ashbourne, England. Credit: Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images The ritual game, eagerly awaited all year ...