Winter in a peasant village, painted by the Limbourg brothers and published in the medieval illuminated manuscript ‘Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry.’ Pierce Archive LLC/Buyenlarge via Getty Images ...

For most people in the Middle Ages, food was about survival rather than enjoyment. The majority of the population lived as peasants working the land, relying on simple meals made from whatever crops ...

In medieval England, peasants on some estates were entitled to a range of sick, annual and bereavement leave that could rival those of many workers in the UK today. By comparison – as our new paper ...

When people think of the European Middle Ages, it often brings to mind grinding poverty, superstition and darkness. But the reality of the 1,000-year period from 500 to 1500 was much more complex.

(THE CONVERSATION) When people think of the European Middle Ages, it often brings to mind grinding poverty, superstition and darkness. But the reality of the 1,000-year period from 500 to 1500 was ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Bobbi Sutherland, University of Dayton (THE CONVERSATION) When people think of the ...