For those who love medieval architecture, England has always been a great spot, but this particular town in Cheshire seems to ...

Amateur detectorists exploring the historic fields near Gietrzwałd, Poland, have unearthed a remarkably rare medieval flail weapon known as a kiścień - only the fourth such artifact ever recorded in ...

Contrary to popular belief, illuminated manuscripts were not exclusively made in Europe—one of the most impressive is from Iran.

Storybook streets brimming with Old World delights, timeless marvels catching your eye in every corner of the town center, ...

My students tend to imagine the Middle Ages as something like the “Kingdom Come” or “Total War” video games: an age of utter political chaos, when swords and daggers ruled, and masculinity and ...

Art and Nature in the Middle Ages On View December 4, 2016 à March 19, 2017 at the Dallas Museum of Art Aquamanile (water jug) in the shape of a unicorn Workshop of the Flammschweiflšwen, Nuremberg, ...

Yearning princesses locked away in castles, heroic knights, hawkish Vikings — fragments of medieval European stories have permeated nearly every aspect of contemporary culture, from Taylor Swift songs ...

Travelers often dream of wandering through Europe’s cobblestone streets, historic squares, and café-lined boulevards, but ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. In Grand Ages: Medieval, European cities are where they should be, and borders align according to the history books. From there, things can go in your ...

In Death and the Miser, a Dutch painting from around 1490, a hideous skeletal figure—a medieval version of the grim reaper—comes knocking at a man’s bedroom door. As death watches, the dying miser ...