When we think of medieval Europe, we picture kings, peasants, and knights - but there were also gangs. In this video, we ...

The Middle Ages had their fair share of ruthless rulers and brutal enforcers - but these three individuals stand out as especially nasty. In this video, we highlight some of the most evil and twisted ...

Medieval history may not be the obvious source for an examination of active women rulers—after all, books on the Middle Ages often center on the infighting between kings and their knights, while ...

In medieval France and England, and elsewhere in Europe, there was a shared reluctance to execute convicted offenders. No medieval Christian ruler wanted to be cast in the role of Pontius Pilate ...

History of War and Society: Crusades and Medieval WarfareFor as long as human beings have lived in civilizations, they have dealt with conflicts between tribes, states, regions, and even empires, by ...

New Research Suggests England’s Early Medieval Rulers Had a Veggie-Based Diet Two papers argue that these 5th- through 11th-century kings and queens mainly ate meat during special feasts thrown ...

Medieval rulers' diets were low in animal protein, according to the isotopic analysis of 2,023 people buried in England from the fifth to the 11th centuries.

Secrets of medieval kings revealed by DNA from 900-year-old skeletons. New DNA evidence unsettles a nation’s founding myth. Darius von Guttner Sporzynski. Thursday 12 June 2025 12:56 BST.

Secrets of medieval kings revealed by DNA from 900-year-old skeletons. Darius von Guttner Sporzynski. Updated June 12, 2025 at 7:56 AM. Copied; ...

That’s not all they found. Highway construction resulted in discoveries from multiple eras of history, including the Roman ...