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What are the best medieval games? Rare is a videogame that doesn’t feature at least one sword, suit of armor, or roast chicken. Still, they’re usually mixed in with bearded hermits slinging ...

What was life like in medieval society? Most medieval people lived in villages, as there were few large towns in the Middle Ages. The majority of people were peasants. The Church's role in ...

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Beginning in the 17th century, the Old Norse works took on a new importance in coalescing national identity. Icelandic archivist Árni Magnússon (1663-1730) worked in Denmark to gather Medieval Nordic ...

Set during the time of the first outbreak of bubonic plague in England, a young monk is given the task of learning the truth about reports of people being brought back to life in a small village.

Narrator: In 762, the city of Baghdad was established by Al-Mansur. The centre was a perfect circle. The round city. By 814, Baghdad was the world's largest city with over one million inhabitants.

LONDON — Like examining the growth rings of an ancient tree, scientists have developed a new way to analyze the “twigs” of human genetic family trees, revealing previously hidden patterns of migration ...