In the medieval feudal system, the nobility were generally those who held a fief, often land or office under vassalage in exchange for military allegiance to their sovereign. Living alongside serfs, ...

In this video for History Hit, Ray Mears discovers how a Tudor shipwreck has shaped our understanding of archery in the later medieval period. Raised from the bottom of the English Channel in 1982, ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Documentaries are a dime a dozen in the streaming era because they’re cheaper to produce, so while they satiate ...

An erupting volcano may have kicked off a chain of events that led to the swift dance of the Black Plague across Europe in the 14th century, in a pandemic that killed tens of millions of people. New ...

Poster of We Were Here – The Untold History of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe, the 63-minute documentary exhibited at the Venice Biennale and now in Oscar consideration. A scene from We Were ...

We explore some of Wikipedia’s oddities in our 7,093,3841-part monthly series, Wiki Wormhole. This week’s entry: Prester John What it’s about: A legendary medieval king, who ruled over an opulent land ...

Joachim Trier’s family drama Sentimental Value, which won the Cannes Grand Prix in May, has come out as the frontrunner in key categories at the nomination stage for the European Film Awards. The work ...

Joachim Trier's 'Sentimental Value,' Jafar Panahi's 'It Was Just an Accident,' and Olivier Laxe's 'Sirat' are among the nominees for Europe's top film prize. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief ...

Installation view of Spectrum of Desire: Love, Sex, and Gender in the Middle Ages at The Met Cloisters showing a sculpture of Saint Sebastian (Northern Europe, late 15th century) (all photos Emma ...

Acclaimed Italian filmmaker and activist Fred Kudjo Kuwornu will bring his thought-provoking film, “We Were Here: The Untold Story of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe,” to the Wexner Center for ...

Archaeologists in Spain recently published findings revealing the remarkable contents of bearded vultures' nests – including traces of the Middle Ages. The results, published in the journal Ecology on ...