This included the election of a boy bishop who could make laws, dress up in vestments and even declare holidays - like an ...

With the third year of the pandemic looming, David Moscrop went searching desperately for a hobby – a search that ended when he started looking at his bookshelves in a new way. This launches a new ...

Contrary to popular belief, illuminated manuscripts were not exclusively made in Europe—one of the most impressive is from Iran.

Medieval Western Europe is often portrayed as backward compared to the Islamic world—but the evidence tells a different story. From advanced shipbuilding and agricultural revolution to hygiene, ...

Master of the Chronique scandaleuse, “Denise Poncher before a Vision of Death” (Paris, France, about 1500), tempera colors, ink and gold on parchment; Leaf: (5 1/4 × 3 7/16 inches) (courtesy the J.

The Middle Ages – from around AD 500 to 1500 – produced some of the finest and most beautiful architecture in the world and if you know where to look a surprising amount is still standing. From ...

Maps show us the way and identify major landmarks – rivers, towns, roads and hills. For centuries, they also offered a perspective on how societies viewed themselves in comparison to the rest of the ...

The upcoming season of "Game of Thrones" will take viewers to a magical world harboring dragons, sorceresses and supernatural ice creatures. But the contested kingdom of Westeros is not entirely a ...

A freelance writer on Game Rant with three years of experience writing academic essays and fantasy stories, including the Encyclopaedia Marix and Fear of the Dead. The former is an encyclopaedia ...

The Noble Legacy December update includes upgrades to combat, crafting, and tutorials, along with more population across its ...

The Middle Ages is one of the key “wish fulfillment” times for creators for various reasons. Mainly because there is a thrill in being a Knight, and fighting in wars of that era, or taking that period ...