Far from their dour reputation, the Middle Ages were a period of massive social change, burgeoning nationalism, international conflict, terrible natural disaster, climate change, rebellion ...

Education in the Middle Ages looked nothing like it does today. In this video, we explore who got to learn, what they studied, and how knowledge was passed down in monasteries, cathedral schools, and ...

The “Dark Ages” is a misnomer. The period between Antiquity and the Renaissance, known as the Middle Ages, saw amazing advances in art, science, and philosophy. Around 1300, scholars in Europe ...

Background: Life in Middle Ages not as bad as popularly portrayed. By The Newsroom. Published 27th Dec 2010, 13:55 BST. Updated 27th Dec 2010, 21:38 BST.

The Middle Ages Were Cleaner Than We Think An era that valued spiritual and physical purity knew the importance of bathhouses, soap and even deodorant An illustration of a couple taking baths in ...

This week saw more than 2,500 scholars of the Middle Ages descend on the University of Leeds (England) for the 25th annual International Medieval Congress. There, over the course of 4 days and ...

The Middle Ages have a very bad reputation. Here's what this period of history was really like. ... Photo shows Man wearing face mask sitting at Brisbane bus stop, bus blurred in the background.

The Middle Ages were not all about tyrannical rulers and power struggles. Cooperation, compromise, and women in power were also common, according to a historian at the University of Oslo.