Every few months, a post does the rounds claiming that women in the Middle Ages in Europe routinely poisoned their husbands ...

In the medieval feudal system, the nobility were generally those who held a fief, often land or office under vassalage in ...

The same pattern appears in urbanization, where African cities were often larger, cleaner, better governed, and more globally connected than their European counterparts. This matters not simply for ...

A viral story claims medieval European women poisoned husbands daily, giving an antidote at night. Historians say this practice never happened. Medieval Europe lacked the science for such precise ...

Big Ben, which is actually the name of the Great Bell inside the Elizabeth Tower, is one of London 's most iconic landmarks. ...

The Worcester Art Museum’s reopening of its armor galleries goes far beyond the romance with medieval Europe.

Three early-career scholars explored medieval Slavonic translations from Byzantine Greek during their FSP Fellowships in Innsbruck. They contributed to digital research tools, exchanged ideas with ...

History is often taught as if progress moves in a straight line—from ancient Greece to Rome, from medieval Europe to the Renaissance, from industrialization to modernity. Africa, in this telling, ...

From a 5,500-year-old human shin bone, scientists have discovered a close cousin of the pathogen that causes syphilis, ...

These cartoons about history are great for parents to watch with their kids to explore history in a factual, fun, and ...

One of Europe’s oldest university sights is the Book of Kells, tucked away in the library of the venerable Trinity College in ...

From a 5,500-year-old human shinbone, scientists have discovered a close cousin of the pathogen that causes syphilis, ...