AMMAN — "I've made up a word Islamesque as a direct challenge to the concept of Romanesque because Romanesque architecture is what in European art history comes before Gothic, " said Diana Darke at ...

What people wore in the Middle Ages said a lot about who they were. In this video, we explore medieval fashion across different classes – from the layered linen and wool of peasants to the vibrant ...

From the ‘Biarritz of the North’ to a perfectly-preserved medieval town, these coastal destinations make for a refined trip ...

It’s not uncommon for Medieval manuscripts to be bound in animal ... “Cistercians are known for their affinity with white clothing and objects,” they wrote, “and, therefore, it is likely ...

Cats wearing clothes and playing musical instruments ... And why do they look so bizarre to us today? The medieval period, also sometimes known as the Middle Ages, is generally understood to ...

What happened to Beverley's medieval waterways and why were women publicly punished at its town centre pond? The BBC's Hidden East Yorkshire ... "Back in the Middle Ages there were loads of ...

She argues in her monumental new book Islamesque (2024) that in early medieval Europe the world ... by a Norman crusader knight in the Middle East. The village church at Kilpeck in Herefordshire ...

A set of 16th-century royal burial regalia concealed in a niche under a staircase for nearly a century has been recovered from the Vilnius Cathedral in Lithuania. The gold crowns, rings and other ...

A rare Arab coin was found under the floor of a medieval noble family’s manor ... were minted in Muslim regions, including the Middle East, and occasionally in Central Asia, historians said.