Communicating with hand signs has a long history. Researcher Jude Seal examines the evidence for signing in Medieval Europe ...

Feudalism in Europe declined due to a combination of social, economic, and political changes that transformed medieval society. The rise of a money-based economy weakened the manorial system as ...

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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 new exhibition at The Met Cloisters makes the case that gender and sexual fluidity were an essential part of Medieval religious art.

The tower is near the Colosseum. The Torre dei Conti in Rome partially collapsed during renovation, injuring several workers. Firefighters faced danger as loose bricks and a second collapse ...

ROME (AP) — Firefighters late Monday finally managed to extract a worker from beneath rubble inside a medieval tower that partially collapsed during renovation work in the heart of Italy’s capital, ...

Rarely seen due to its age and rarity, a 500-year-old birthing girdle is currently on display at the Wellcome Collection. A birthing girdle, or scroll, was a long length of parchment inscribed with ...

In Berlin, a historic medieval cemetery has been excavated which reveals that medieval people’s lives were blighted by hunger, disease, and extreme violence. Many of the human remains show signs of ...

Royal childbirths, a far cry from today's private affairs, were once grand spectacles, laden with political significance. Public scrutiny was the norm, with hundreds of onlookers present to confirm ...