During the course of the National Endowment for the Humanities summer institute "Law and Culture in Medieval England," hosted by Western Michigan University, participants, visiting scholars and the co ...

When a royal vessel sank of the coast of Normandy in 1120, it not only claimed hundreds of lives but also set off a ...

A German archaeologist discussed his team’s research on two cadavers buried in early medieval England — both of whom had ...

Scene from the Bayeux Tapestry, which famously depicts William the Conqueror's victory over the so-called Anglo-Saxons Public domain via Wikimedia Commons People in the United States and Great Britain ...

PhD 1978, State University of New York at Binghamton MA, State University of New York at Binghamton BA, State University of New York at Binghamton Dr. Goldy specializes in the social history of ...

Once magnificent homes of kings and nobles, these medieval palaces were left to crumble into obscurity. Fire, war, and ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is preparing to decide whether the 2nd Amendment gives Americans a right to carry a loaded gun when they leave home — and some justices are looking back to the England ...

Despite popular opinions, the Middle Ages left behind objects that feel almost too extraordinary to be real. Some of their stuff even came covered in gold or carved to hold bones. But the best of the ...

YORK, Pa. — Adapted from the beloved 1975 film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," the latest production at the Belmont Theatre in York introduces medieval England in a different light than you'll read ...

Many mainstream economic historians do believe the average number of working days for peasant laborers in England hovered around, and even sometimes below, 150 days per year for certain stretches of ...

Getting some air: The largest remaining game of "no rules" medieval football, played every year in Ashbourne, England. Credit: Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images The ritual game, eagerly awaited all year ...