The sunken ship reveals that the medieval European economy was growing fast. Archaeologists recently found the wreck of an ...

The shipwreck is exceptionally preserved and provides the first archaeological confirmation of features seen in illustrations ...

How did medieval Europe’s money system really work? While gold and silver coins were important, credit-based money systems ...

An exhibition called "Paws on Parchment" tracks how cats were depicted in the Middle Ages through texts and artworks from ...

The remains of Svaelget 2 included a covered platform known as a "castle deck" where sailors could hide from the weather.

Spotted off the coast of Denmark, the "Svaelget 2" is a cog, a kind of large trading vessel used in the Middle Ages. Experts ...

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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 dig might have uncovered some of the earliest victims of the Black Death, and other tantalizing clues about medieval life in the citadel. The Chapel Royal of St Peter ad Vincula at the Tower of ...

For six hundred years, it remained buried underneath a thick blanket of sand and silt in the chilly waters between the ...

After 19 years, Total War: Medieval 3 is in development at Creative Assembly. But don’t get too excited, because there's still quite a bit to go before we'll get to play the long-awaited historical ...