House of the Dragon has delivered a lot in its two seasons, but the biggest takeaways have been with its shocking plot twists ...

In medieval Europe, scribes often wrapped their books in the hairy hides of animals like deer or boar to act […] ...

French monks used animal skins to bind and cover their books. One group of books covers didn't look at all like the others.

It’s not surprising, therefore, that many sheriffs gained a reputation for being selfish and grasping, none more so than the most famous (fictional) postholder of all: the Sheriff of Nottingham in the ...

After being won and lost by siege multiple times over the course ... Rindoon is a deserted medieval town situated on the peninsula of St. John’s Point, on the western shore of Lough Ree.

Sir Steven Runciman’s lapidary account of the siege and fall of Constantinople in 1453, now forty years old, was a lamentation for the civilisation and the people he loved: ‘In this story,’ he wrote, ...

Trade, Foreign Affairs Ministers to meet US Envoy over Trump's 10% tariffs on Ap ...

A fragile 13th century manuscript fragment, hidden in plain sight as the binding of a 16th-century archival register, has been discovered in Cambridge and revealed to contain rare medieval stories ...

A 15th Century manuscript containing the unusual treatment features in a new exhibition detailing the bizarre cures that were used for all manner of ills in the medieval period. The 'cure' for ...

With Doom: The Dark Ages around the corner, now is the perfect time to chainsaw your way through all the Doom games in order. Doom is the daddy of first-person shooters and one of the most ...

For over 400 years, this fragile remnant of a celebrated medieval story lay undisturbed and unnoticed, repurposed as a book cover by Elizabethans to help protect an archival register of property ...