This book profiles more than forty women associated with the Burgundian court between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries, highlighting their influential roles in governance, religion, and the...

Why did the king of France think that he had the power to bring about the Templars’ downfall?

A newly identified 9th-century manuscript leaf may contain some of the earliest known examples of written music in Western Europe — what experts are calling a rare witness to the very dawn of musical...

Register and attend our one-day workshops in real time. Cost: 25 EUR/each workshop Workshop list Monks, Manuscripts and Memory. The Christianization of the Roman World and the coexistence of religi...

Through a range of medieval sources, otherworldly and supernatural beings are described through dress, identified or questioned by it, and sometimes, it is pivotal to the story

Explore the astonishing phenomenon of the Knights Templar. Trace the order’s development from the First Crusade’s aftermath, through its rise to enormous power, and then its dissolution, for a...

A look at the events that took place in southeastern Europe during the fifteenth century and the role that Vlad III, Voivode of Wallachia, would play in its many conflicts.

Stories of incredible and deadly beasts filtered back home in travel writing, legends, and bestiaries to amuse and astound readers who might never see these animals for themselves.

This week on The Medieval Podcast, Danièle speaks with John Blair about who refused to rest in peace in the Middle Ages, how medieval people attempted to keep the dead buried, and why some hauntings...

A look at four Gothic writers inspired by the medieval past.

Vikings are everywhere in pop culture but how do we separate fact from fiction? Join historian Terri Barnes as she delves into several myths about them. She’ll set the record straight with the most...

The records from southern France can reveal much about domestic servants in the Middle Ages. What can they tell us about the relationship between these servants and their masters? 

From the Mongol invasion of the Khwarazmian Empire to their attacks into Syria - 1218-1260.

Did the Normans exhibit any innovation in the battlefields of Normandy, England, Italy, Sicily, or the Balkans?

The rise of cities in the European Middle Ages in different countries and cultures. Learn about the similarities of life and struggles of ordinary townsfolk, job opportunities, everyday lives and the...