New research reveals how the Lipka Tatars, a Muslim community in medieval Christian Europe, survived centuries of religious persecution and political change.

A conversation with Felege Yirga about the presence of Ethiopians in late antique Egypt. We discuss relations between the Roman province and the lands to the south and the roles that Ethiopians play in stories in Greek sources, especially the lives of ascetics, focusing on the monk Moses.

The Fourteenth Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies will take place at Saint Louis University from June 14-16, 2027.

Explore the mystery of Nicosia’s Margarita Tower and its possible links to Pierre I, Joanna L’Aleman, courtly poetry, and royal revenge in medieval Cyprus.

How did people care for their pets in the Middle Ages? Learn how medieval owners fed, housed and cared for their dogs, cats and birds.

A new study reveals how notes in medieval Arabic manuscripts preserve the history of scholars, education and the transmission of knowledge across the Islamic world.

Archaeologists in Sweden uncover new details of a rare 500-year-old medieval shipwreck, including its kitchen, rigging and unusual mast construction.

When the Crusaders arrived in the Holy Land at the end of the 11th century, they entered a region shaped by numerous peoples, kingdoms and competing political interests. This book takes a broader look at the conflicts, alliances and political struggles unfolding across the eastern Mediterranean during this period.

This is the latest instalment from my book tour diary. This is the latest instalment from my book tour diary. The North American begins next week. Dates are below. There will be a couple of Christmas signing evenings at bookstores in London, TBC.

Did artists 12,000 years ago illuminate a cave in Tajikistan with their vision of the Milky Way?

New discoveries challenge ancient prophecies about the peoples living on China’s borders three millennia ago

Archaeologists are finally deciphering the mystery megaliths of a vanished Andean people