Medieval society needed workers, but not every role earned dignity. Certain jobs were unavoidable, but still left people ...

Learn more about the Mongolian Arc, a section of medieval wall that is changing how we understand the ancient populations of ...

“To be buried face-down is thought to have been a social expression of ‘otherness’, a burial practice reserved for people considered outside of Early Medieval society,” MOLA said.

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Most people in medieval society lived in villages, there were few large towns. The majority of people were peasants ...

Stories retelling the birth of the Virgin Mary reveal that the Church was more forgiving of infertility than the general ...

Those inclined to see our era as a feminist golden age will find a timely corrective in “The Once and Future Sex,” medieval historian ... were viewed in medieval society.

But popular fantasy, unencumbered by the competing priority of “getting it right,” can, in broad strokes, reflect the values of the medieval society that inspired it. HBO’s “House of the ...

its findings shed light on medieval society. “The small details of manuscripts can tell you so much about the world that created them,” Dr. Wellesley said. “It’s a popular assumption that ...