Travellers have always faced health hazards when far from home. Here’s what medieval people believed would keep them healthy.

Travellers have always faced health hazards when far from home. Medieval people were no exception. Pilgrims, crusaders and ...

Although the adjective “medieval” continues to be used disparagingly to imply backwardness in medical and scientific knowledge, this history of preventive medicine shows us something different.

Mad for the Middle Ages? In ‘Tatler’s January issue, Features Editor Annabel Sampson revealed all about the party theme which ...

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 ...

Exploring the 12 signs of the zodiac still familiar to us today, this exhibition reveals the mysteries of medieval astrology as it intersected with medicine, divination, and daily life in the Middle ...

We often think medieval times sound romantic or exciting, but they were actually pretty terrible. Food was often scarce, medicine was severely underdeveloped, and you could be persecuted for just ...

But in the cramped and unforgiving streets of Medieval England ... also their likelihood of survival in a world devoid of modern medicine. The study challenges modern assumptions about gender ...