The Middle Ages Were Cleaner Than We Think An era that valued spiritual and physical purity knew the importance of bathhouses, soap and even deodorant An illustration of a couple taking baths in ...

Have you ever wondered what ladies and gentlemen really did in fearsome stone castles? Forget fancy ballads and jousting ...

Yet, the European Middle Ages — a period spanning more than 1,000 years — was much richer (and weirder) than even some of the best fiction or political spin. Comments. Newsletter Daily.

T he European Middle Ages seem to be having a moment. Although it’s true that, essentially since the time they ended, the period has been used to justify the shape of an author’s contemporary ...

The Middle Ages are remembered as a time of conflict — there were wars between England and Scotland, between Muslims and Christians in Spain, and the Crusades in the Holy Land.