During the time between the Fall of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance, one of the most fascinating aspects of life and society was the changes in fashion, not just with clothing, but also in the ...

“The Middle Ages” comprises works located between points in time, whether the bounds of the literal Middle Ages, or middle age in an individual sense, or a moment of societal shift from one ...

Just as they do now many people in the Middle Ages journeyed for business, pleasure, and religious reasons. But unlike today people had just two options when travelling in the medieval world.

Starting in the 12th century, the Church made the fight against religious crimes a top priority. Under medieval law, a confession carried more weight than actual evidence. As a result, torture ...

In this course, the art of the later Middle Ages from approximately 1300 to the 1530s will be studied from a perspective where the art works are seen as manifestations of the visual culture of the ...

Historians were surprised when analyses revealed Catholic monks used pinniped hides for the protective outer layer on some manuscripts, rather than skins from the local boars and deer Cool Finds A ...

This idea has persisted in Western thought until today, especially from the Middle Ages onward. Thinkers like Nicolas Oresme in the fourteenth century, who translated and commented on Aristotle, ...

From high cholesterol to herpes, doctors of the Middle Ages were prescribing wine for “pretty much any disease,” says ... Kerry served as The Scientist’s news director until 2021. Before joining The ...