Herald of Ages explained why the Medieval Period became known as the Middle ... there were a great many things that happened during this time. With no central authority to maintain order Europe ...

Hocktide was a medieval festival that used to involve tying people up to raise money for the church; today, its modern ...

Archaeologists working at a site in south Wales have uncovered dozens of skeletons – mostly women – which offer a “window ...

While excavating a site for the University of Gloucestershire, archaeologists discovered the remnants of two old churches and ...

The Muromachi district of Kyoto became the capital for the second period in medieval Japanese history. This time period, called the Muromachi or Ashikaga Period (1336-1573), was marked by unrest, ...

Alongside histories of SF, histories of science have long avoided the medieval period (over a thousand years in which, presumably, nothing happened). Yet the Middle Ages was no dark, static, ignorant ...

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However, outside the vaults, archaeologists uncovered about 150 post-medieval burials in the courtyard, and another 170 burials from an earlier period were found even deeper, according to the release.