Contemporary artists are reclaiming picture frames and transforming them into sites of storytelling, history, and embodied ...

Archaeologists rediscover Ichijodani, a formidable stronghold that flourished amid medieval Japan’s brutal power struggles ...

Strange “hairy” covers of books in medieval Europe were made from seal skin obtained from Viking descendants, a new study has ...

But to fully delve into what personal style means in a modern context, we have to start somewhere within its loose history.

The silver Kiddush cup, an object used to sanctify the Shabbat and Jewish holidays, evidences medieval Jewish communities in ...

Historians were surprised when analyses revealed Catholic monks used pinniped hides for the protective outer layer on some ...

An international team of archaeologists, bioinformatic specialists, and historians has discovered that many medieval books ...

Knights and ladies, castles flying pennant flags, sumptuous fabrics, and gleaming armor—these are some of the Middle Age ...

Because of this, most archeologists long believed Mediterranean islands like Malta were some of the last wildernesses to ...

Over the centuries, works of medieval literature have become lost. Today, roughly 68 percent of chivalric and heroic works ...

Guest: Lyndal Roper is Regius Professor of History at the University of Oxford. She is the author of several books including, Martin Luther: Renegade and Prophet; Witch Craze, and her latest, Summer ...

A new exhibition has opened in Reggia di Venaria in Turin today which celebrates the artistic produce during the golden age ...