A view of the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset on the southern coast of England shows Studland Bay, the location of a sunken thirteenth-century ship known as the Mortar Wreck. For the past 750 years, a ...

The previously unknown settlement appears to have been abandoned at some point in the 1300s, but researchers don't know why ...

In the Middle Ages, England emerged as one of the most influential and powerful kingdoms in Europe – a far cry from its ...

The 13 American colonies embraced government 'of laws, not of men,' and they strove to limit the power of future presidents.

The jewel measures 2.4 by 1.2 inches (6.2 by 3.1 centimeters). Its design consists of dozens of small cells filled with ...

Horses are prey animals. Their instinct, when confronted with loud noises, sudden movement or danger, is to run as far away as possible, as quickly as possible. And yet, for centuries across the ...

Governing a great and powerful realm is certainly no easy task, especially a kingdom that was as powerful as medieval England. The Kings of England were amongst the most powerful men of that time, and ...

America’s recent flirtation with kingship is unsettling, but history has shown us that monarchy is much more than power grabs and gilded rooms. By Dan Jones Dan Jones is a British historian. This ...

On a quiet street in the village of Bosham, one ordinary looking house has turned out to be anything but ordinary. Archaeologists now say this property was the power base of King Harold II, the last ...

Dan Jones and Professor Michael Livingston walk through the battlefield of Shrewsbury, where the future king Henry V took an arrow to the face. The battle took place in 1403, when a rebellion broke ...

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 ...