A new exhibition at the British Library explores the public, private and spiritual lives of such figures as Joan of Arc, ...

Researchers say the discovery matched "very well" with a story documented in a historical text known as the Sverris Saga.

In the popular imagination, “medieval” and “women” aren’t always words which go together happily. Ideas about the lives of ...

Ladies-in-Waiting in Medieval England examines female attendants who served queens and aristocratic ... This is a major contribution to our understanding of the significance of the domestic and access ...

The Shahnama, the Persian national epic, comes to life in an intricate illustrated 14th-century text made under the Mongols, ...

An old Norse story tells of a king's man being tossed down a well in 1197. An archeologist teamed up with an evolutionary ...

Skeletal remains found in the well of a Norwegian castle likely belong to “Well-man,” who is mentioned in the passage of an ...

Researchers have finally figured out the identity of an 800-year-old skeleton which was found in a well. Known as ‘Well-man’, ...

The undead, Medieval-themed suburban restaurants, the mall. Druidism, decapitated chickens, rebirth. Church, sheep slaughter, science fiction. These are a few, not all, of the topics touched upon on ...

From childhood, we are told that patience is a virtue and that good things will come to those who wait. And, so, many of us work on cultivating patience. This often starts by learning to wait for a ...

In medieval times there was a real fear of witches and demons ... Hexafoil designs are sometimes found near fonts. Some are ...

The Treasures Gallery is open during normal St Pancras building opening hours. With over 140 extraordinary items, discover the rich and complex lives of women of medieval Europe, both famous and ...