If you’re looking for something truly unique to name your next fur child, why not take inspiration from medieval times? Back in the 15th century, Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York, compiled ...

A 15th Century manuscript containing the unusual treatment features in a new exhibition detailing the bizarre cures that were used for all manner of ills in the medieval period. The 'cure' for ...

As a result, animals turned up "in any possible context where art would be made", from wall paintings and carved doorways to clothing and coats of arms. It's no secret that medieval animal paintings ...

A 15th-century manuscript reveals how women hoping to get pregnant were told to burn the mixture in an earthenware pot to make a pill ...

An illustration, based on a 15th century author’s imagining ... to read Polo and other Mongol texts well into the 16th century. The medieval Mongol archive had a profound influence on French ...

The Cambridge University Library exhibition, Curious Cures: Medicine In The Medieval World, showcases medieval manuscripts ...

This 15th century city is what visitors still find today, and is known as the old town. It’s considered one of the finest examples in Europe of medieval city planning and was declared a Unesco ...