A team of researchers in Romania has discovered over 200 books and manuscripts in a church in Mediaș. It includes dozens of early printed works and manuscript fragments dating back to as early as the...

A team of researchers in Romania has discovered over 200 books and manuscripts in a church in Mediaș. It includes dozens of early printed works and manuscript fragments dating back to as early as the...

Already in the early middle ages, there were narratives about fierce female Vikings fighting alongside men. Although, continuously reoccurring in art as well as in poetry, the women warriors have...

A museum in Austria has made available over 150,000 images into the public domain, including many from the Middle Ages. Fans of Albrecht Dürer will be particularly delighted, as more than 2100 of his...

Archaeologists have discovered a stunning 13th century tiled floor during renovation works for Bath Abbey’s Footprint Project.

Scholars and aficionados can now search, download and study 160,000 pages of high-resolution, full-color manuscripts dating to the ninth century, thanks to library partnerships.

Making a medieval movie is a difficult task. Natalie Anderson discusses why, in her opinion, one of the best films set during the Middle Ages is 2001's A Knight's Tale.

A new, free, online course developed by Trinity College Dublin will allow learners worldwide to explore the history of Ireland through the remarkable Book of Kells — one of  the world's most famous...

Christ's curse upon the crook who takes away this book.

One of the great monuments of the Middle Ages - Notre Dame de Paris - has suffered severe damages from a fire that has left the cathedral in ruins.

In the Old Norse literature, the term ‘shieldmaiden’ (Skjaldmær in Icelandic) tends to be used with reference to a Viking woman warrior

A unique find of two boat burials from the Viking Age have been discovered in Sweden. One of the two graves was intact with remains of a man, a horse and a dog.

I ask of you greetings and money.

After spending years studying hundreds of fragments and then using both cutting-edge technology and ancient craft techniques, two reconstructions have been made of the magnificent helmet contained...

Here are several videos that track the rise and fall of states in Scandinavia during the medieval period.

Archaeologists working at Bradwell Abbey in central England have unveiled a stone carving of Eleanor Aquitaine, dating back to the 12th century.

Seven institutions have come together to create a database of 34,000 new images of medieval manuscripts, books and coins. This includes over 600 manuscripts that are now online.

A detailed recipe for making white soap from fourteenth-century England.

Scholars and aficionados can now search, download and study 160,000 pages of high-resolution, full-color manuscripts dating to the ninth century, thanks to library partnerships.

A medieval church dating back to the 13th century is reopening after an impressive campaign led by The Friends of Friendless Churches to restore it.

The story of Master Roger, one of the many people caught up in the Mongol invasion of Hungary in 1241.

A joint scientific project has located the sunken church of Rungholt in the North Frisian Wadden Sea in Germany. It is believed that the church and the rest of Rungholt were drowned in a storm surge...

The story of Master Roger, one of the many people caught up in the Mongol invasion of Hungary in 1241.

Here are three videos showing the rise and fall of states in the British Isles during the Middle Ages, along with a fourth bonus video.

Two medieval churches in Wales, which date back over 900 years, will be saved from the brink of dereliction by the Friends of Friendless Churches, who have received a grant of nearly £770k as part of...

Here are ten medieval women whose fascinating contributions deserve more recognition.

Here are three videos showing the rise and fall of states in the British Isles during the Middle Ages, along with a fourth bonus video.

One of the largest databases of medieval manuscripts has added 61 new items to its collection. They include manuscripts from the Franciscan order as well as fragments dating back to the eighth...

Surviving Winter in the Middle Ages: How did people stay warm? What did they eat? What did they do?

If you lived in 13th-century England, there would be a good chance that William or Alice would be your first name.

A spectacular hillfort overlooking a tiny Aberdeenshire village has been revealed as one of the largest ancient settlements ever discovered in Scotland.

All about bees and beekeeping from the 10th century.

I ask of you greetings and money.

They were scouts, raiders, skirmishers, heavy cavalry, and shock cavalry all in one; and could operate as infantry as well if the need arose.

In this introductory essay, I intend to clarify the discipline of costume history by offering an overview and synthesis of the scholarship of the last two decades

A museum in Austria has made available over 150,000 images into the public domain, including many from the Middle Ages. Fans of Albrecht Dürer will be particularly delighted, as more than 2100 of his...

Fans of the Middle Ages and LEGO will have another reason to be happy, as the Danish company has created a new set: Medieval Town Square.

Here are three videos showing the rise and fall of states in the British Isles during the Middle Ages, along with a fourth bonus video.

Hundreds of medieval and early modern Greek manuscripts – including classical texts and some of the most important treatises on religion, mathematics, history, drama and philosophy – are to be...

Here are twenty recently published books that medievalists will enjoy and are free to download and read.