Eleanor of Aquitaine became one of the most influential women in medieval Europe, ruling as queen of both France and England.

Eleanor of Aquitaine became one of the richest and most influential women in medieval Europe during an age dominated by kings ...

English Heritage maintains more than 400 destinations that offer visitors a vivid glimpse into the past – and provide rich meaning for the present ...

Scientific research shows that rather than a victim of invasion, early medieval Britain was a cultural melting pot ...

In antiquity, women were considered the more sexual sex – hornier, more libidinous and lust-fuelled than men. Why did that perception change?

Halley’s Comet naming controversy is reshaping astronomy history after new medieval research revealed a forgotten discovery ...

May is the traditional day to remember Mother Julian of Norwich. She is important because her book remains a classic of ...

Genetic analysis of 1039 people buried in Britain between the Bronze Age and the Norman conquest highlights the impact of the ...

This underrated UK city has a lot to offer, if people will listen (Picture: ) Glasgow, Belfast, and Buxton — these are just a ...

Nicholas Kristof’s latest Israel narrative belongs to a long tradition in which conclusions come first and evidence serves ...

Written with great sensitivity to the “considerable psychological burden that unimaginable loss and the constant threat of ...

They then turned their attention to other Jews trying to enter their place of worship. They shoved them, shouted at him, ...