Europe is filled with modern capitals and bustling cities, but scattered across the continent are towns that feel untouched ...

A calf belonging to a species of bison that became extinct in the wild in Western Europe in the Middle Ages has been born in Switzerland. The European bison calf was born in the Jura Mountains on July ...

Europe is home to countless medieval cities. From the fortified city of Carcassonne, to the leaning towers of Bologna, Europe's Middle Ages provided some of the world's most amazing places and history ...

Across Africa, Europe, and Asia, the Middle Ages were a hotbed for political events, military action, pioneering inventions, influential literature, and religious turmoil. Let’s travel back in time ...

The Byzantine economy thrived in the Middle Ages, contrasting sharply with the decentralized system of Western feudalism.

THE history of the growth of Christian civilization into a practically universal predominance does not begin with the discovery of America, or of the Cape Route, or of the way round the globe. It does ...

Why were the Middle Ages dark? Isn't it true that this epoch conjures up ominous images of superstition and witch-hunting? Burning pyres and plague doctors hurrying strangely muffled along dark ...

Soaring Gothic cathedrals of radiant stained glass, plus art celebrating worldly pleasure. As Europe passed A.D. 1000, its growing prosperity was reflected in soaring Gothic cathedrals graced with ...