During the Middle Ages, disabled people were found in all parts of society. Those born into ordinary peasant families just ...

From young girls to grandmothers, from peasant women to nuns, including noble ladies, it is an entire world—long overlooked—that is only now being rediscovered. In the Middle Ages, a young woman’s ...

There was little in the way of fresh food during a medieval winter. At such a time, this hearty porridge would be just the ticket. Everyone ate frumenty during the Middle Ages, from royalty to ...

As we snuggle down in our 21st century homes with their central heating and double glazing, let us spare a thought for those ...

Having gone right round the world in the course of this series, I think it is time to return to England. After all, that is ...

Tehran University students began protesting over the death of a student during a robbery next to the university, leading to a crackdown by Iranian police. Information ...

This is an article about protest in medieval England in the fourteenth and early fifteenth century. It was a period of plague and protest from below. A pandemic loosened social ties and led to the ...

Tyneside folk art visionary Richard Dawson probes family dynamics on latest album, End Of The Middle. Read MOJO's ★★★★ review ...

King Arthur learns that his wife, Queen Guinevere, has been having an affair with Lancelot, who at the same time remains loyal to the king, particularly after Arthur's traitorous nephew Mordred ...

Seattle satirist Maria Semple’s breakthrough novel is a flurry of contemporary, epistolary wit. Passive aggressive e-mail ...

The Little Ice Age (LIA) was a period of cooling that occurred from approximately the 14th to the mid-19th century, during ...