This is a pie chart showing the distribution of the population of the Byzantine Empire in 560s AD at the end of the Justinian era. As one can see, Anatolia had the greatest percentage of citizens in the empire. Syria and Egypt were the next most populus regions of the empire. These were the regions […]

Dartmouth College has acquired a rare illuminated medieval manuscript containing a copy of Edward I’s 1300 regrant of Magna Carta.

How astrology, omens, and prophecy influenced imperial power, political decisions, and religious belief in Byzantium.

Historians have long argued that the comital office became hereditary under the Carolingians and Ottonians. David Bachrach examines the medieval evidence and challenges that assumption.

Ancient DNA reveals how medieval Swedish migration reshaped coastal Finland while uncovering extensive Viking-Age connections across the Baltic Sea

Explore how people in the Middle Ages used hot springs for healing and relaxation, giving rise to medical treatments and medieval spa tourism.

This book invites you to compare two stories about shapeshifting. The first is the 12th-century tale Yonec, while the second is The Beauty and the Beast, which was written in the 18th century.

Richard Utz visits Marc Bloch’s memorial at the Panthéon in Paris and reflects on the medieval historian’s legacy as a scholar, soldier and Resistance fighter.

(Millions of people... but why?) In 2015 the great medievalist, lawyer and judge, Jonathan, Lord Sumption, began a lecture on Magna Carta with this iconic line:

A rare 14th-century gold seal ring discovered by metal detectorists in England could have belonged to Matilda of Lancaster, Countess of Ulster.

Archaeologists at Govan Old in Glasgow have discovered evidence of an early medieval jewellery workshop, including an unfinished shale finger ring.

Archaeologists at Loburg Castle in Germany have uncovered early medieval fortifications, pottery and other finds dating back to the 9th and 10th centuries.