Historian and host of the Gone Medieval podcast Matt Lewis ranks the most famous helmets from the medieval period. From the Great Helm to Sutton Hoo, Matt scores each helmet on protection, comfort ...

One of the most unifying elements of the Medieval Period was the Roman Catholic Church. All classes and ranks of people, whether that be nobles, peasants or tradesmen, were profoundly affected by ...

Not just a King's ransom: war was a money-spinner for the rank-and-file soldier in the Late Middle Ages. A historian has found that the practice of ransom was widespread among all soldiers during ...

Yet it was frequently discussed in a language that is more resonant of the Middle Ages than the scientific laboratory.

Most Americans get their ideas about the Middle Ages from popular culture, like “Game of Thrones,” or from the inevitable rigmarole after a politician refers to “a crusade.” In other words ...

Far from their dour reputation, the Middle Ages were a period of massive social change, burgeoning nationalism, international conflict, terrible natural disaster, climate change, rebellion ...

Pernoud — for whom the term “obscurantism,” generally associated with the Middle Ages, applies much more to the Renaissance and the centuries that followed — demonstrates with her talent ...

Though films and TV series about the Middle Ages do not always attract the same level of love and critical praise as those set in other periods of history, there are still a number of notable ...

Middle Ages Beer Hall debuts this weekendThe Middle Ages Beer Hall, on the second floor at 120 Wilkinson St., opens with two sold-out shows Friday and Saturday night (March 24 and 25) featuring ...

The Middle Ages Modern aesthetic is both darkness and magical thinking; of the past yet also of our own imagining.

Overview: The Middle Ages, 1154 - 1485 Far from their dour reputation, the Middle Ages were a period of massive social change, burgeoning nationalism, international conflict, terrible natural ...