Chris Wickham is one of the best-known Marxist historians of the Middle Ages. In his book The Donkey and the Boat, he offers ...

Let’s be honest, daily life for a medieval serf in England, and many other European countries wasn’t much fun. The feudal system meant that peasants were bound by law to work for the nobility ...

The kylix for drinking wine was an essential part of ancient Greek symposiums. Photo of red-figure kylix c. 480 BCE. Credit: Bibi Saint-Pol. Public Domain The kylix was an ancient Greek shallow ...

There has long been a great fascination with the Medieval period of history. Thousands of stories, whether historical or fantastical, are set or based during this era. It is an era that has been ...

Style, however, is a different matter. The key to great style? A reliable selection of clothing essentials that make for a firm foundation to build on with those pesky, oh-so-undependable trends.

Jakub Beneš will discuss his new book The Last Peasant War: Violence and Revolution in Twentieth-Century Eastern Europe (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2025) with Anna Koch and Celia Donert ...

The rare gem-set Medieval bishop's ring is expected to sell for between £15,000 to £18,000 A rare Medieval bishop's ring found by a retired firefighter in a Norfolk field is expected to fetch up ...

Armor vs. bullets Exactly when the medieval period or "Middle Ages" started and ended is a matter of debate, with dates falling roughly between A.D. 500 and 1500. Although the period is ...

Peasants had access to livestock and gardens ... drab clothing in grays and browns. In reality, Medieval clothing was far more colorful and ornate. Most clothing pieces were blue, crimson, yellow, ...

The Pastons were a “nouveau riche family who rose up from the peasant ... that governed medieval European nuns and anchoresses, from the types of pets they could keep to the clothing they ...