What people wore in the Middle Ages said a lot about who they were. In this video, we explore medieval fashion across different classes – from the layered linen and wool of peasants to the vibrant ...

Life as a medieval peasant wasn’t all toil and hardship – they knew how to have fun too. In this video, we explore the games, festivals, music, and simple pleasures that brought joy to everyday life ...

“There’s a reasonable controversy going on in medieval economic history,” Clark told me. He now thinks that English peasants in the late Middle Ages may have worked closer to 300 days a yea ...

Rodney Hilton, 85, a British historian who wrote influential works on the rise of capitalism and medieval peasant revolts ... Peasantry in the Later Middle Ages.” He also edited and contributed ...