Cats were useful companions in medieval homes, so how did they become associated with darkness, deception, and even the Devil ...

Hi, I’m Emily Expedition, an archaeologist and researcher with a particular interest in the stranger corner of human history.

Medieval Europe had no internet, newspapers, or smartphones, yet information could spread surprisingly far through a complex ...

The modern history of Western Europe is defined by opposition. Europe is presented as a beacon of civilisation facing down the barbarous masses that populated the rest of the world, and one of the ...

Believe it or not, these jobs from the Middle Ages still exist in 2026.

During the National Prayer Breakfast on Feb. 5, 2026, Paula White-Cain, senior adviser to the White House Office of Faith, introduced President Donald Trump as "the greatest champion of faith that we ...

St. Mary Magdalene’s flood of 1342 was among the most catastrophic natural disasters in Medieval Europe. New research sheds further light on why the flood was so damaging—namely, because it followed a ...

New research involving the University of Liverpool has provided comprehensive insights into the largest flood event in Europe over the past millennium—the flood traditionally known as "St. Mary ...