The period known as the Middle Ages was defined by more than knights and warfare.

It was thought that disabled people were looked down upon in the Middle Ages, but a new discovery disputes that belief. Human bones discovered by archaeologists offer a window into the lives of Middle ...

Life for infants in the Middle Ages was far more precarious than it is today. Many babies faced dangers ranging from disease ...

Across Africa, Europe, and Asia, the Middle Ages were a hotbed for political events, military action, pioneering inventions, influential literature, and religious turmoil. Let’s travel back in time ...

Fifty graduate students representing 30 institutions across six countries, including Boston College, gathered at the McMullen Museum of Art this semester for a daylong educational program featuring ...

Archaeologists in Germany have discovered a corridor system from the late Middle Ages in a burial site dating back to the 4th ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nothing calls to mind nonsensical treatments and bizarre religious healing rituals as easily as the notion of Dark Age medicine.

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 ...