The medieval diet was divided by class, money, land, and power. Rich nobles and wealthy elites could enjoy meat, fish, wine, ...

From filthy peasants to nonstop witch hunts, movies have shaped a very wrong idea of medieval life. Here’s what the Middle Ages were actually like.

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When you think of the Middle Ages, your mind probably jumps straight to a landscape of mud-caked peasants, unrelenting gloom, and a complete lack of scientific curiosity. This era is often unfairly ...

A History of Protest and Public Space in EnglandKatrina Navickas, Reaktion Books, £20THE pages of this newspaper are full of ...

Nobel Prize winner Daron Acemoğlu challenges a widely held belief: that technological progress naturally leads to shared ...

Both in schoolbooks and popular imagination, 476 AD stands like a sword stroke: the year Romulus Augustulus, the teenage ...

Historian Megan Coles reveals the bizarre medieval deaths caused by cesspits, assassins, wine barrels and even uncontrollable laughter.

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The best movies on Amazon Prime Video this month include Crime 101, Pretty Lethal, The Menu, Super 8, The Great Escape, Sinners, and more.

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Essex has many notable towns and villages, some of which are home to some equally notable people. This "historic market town" is said to blend "rich heritage with modern charm", and is one that an ...