The Lords of the Isles were powerful chiefs with royal pretensions, treating English and Scottish kings as if they were on a ...

Common misconceptions about medieval life are being overturned at William the Conqueror's newly restored Norwich Castle.

An unrelated pair of people buried in cemeteries in 7th-century Britain probably had grandparents from West Africa ...

Interested in a whirlwind investigation of the major medieval sites throughout England? Earn six hours credit in just over three weeks (and escape the heat of Arkansas)!

Beginning and ending at Hereford Cathedral, the path winds through the meadows and foothills of the Black Mountains before ...

DNA recovered from skeletons buried in a 7th-century cemetery on the south coast of England has revealed that the buried individuals had west African ancestry, raising further questions about early ...

In 2022, archaeologists worked on the ancient DNA from a number of early medieval cemeteries, and found two individuals that ...

Andrew Garfield is set to star alongside Katherine Waterston in Paul Greengrass' upcoming untitled period war film set in medieval England, which Jason Blum will produce through Blumhouse and Focus ...

LONDON, England (RNS) — She was one of the most wealthy financiers of her day, known to the kings of England and described as the most important Jewish woman of medieval England. She was also brutally ...

They were the Jimmy Choos of their day. Known as poulaines, pointy leather shoes were the height of fashion in 14th century Britain. Medieval men and women about town, however, suffered for their ...

Huw Grange receives funding from the Leverhulme Trust. In the Middle Ages, a variety of vernacular languages were spoken by inhabitants of the British Isles, from Cornish to English to Norn – an ...