Medieval diets were far more surprising than most people realize. Breakfast was once considered sinful, pepper could cost as ...

Each night, the moon glistens in the night sky, replete with all sorts of meanings depending on the person viewing it. Poets and artists have contemplated it for thousands of years. The moon meant a ...

This video reveals how gambling became one of the most destructive habits of medieval life. In inns, taverns and military ...

Memories of pandemics are often contentious. They can be disputed, uncomfortable and politically charged. As the COVID-19 ...

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Travellers have always faced health hazards when far from home. Medieval people were no exception. Pilgrims, crusaders and others were warned by preachers such as 13th century Jacques de Vitry of ...

Some call the years before the Renaissance and Enlightenment as Europe's "Dark Ages," a time of backward and brutal people who were technologically primitive and hopelessly dumb, but in fact, the Dark ...