Explore how medieval literature built the Arthurian legend, from early Welsh tales and Geoffrey of Monmouth to Chrétien de Troyes and Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur.

This paper by Richard Utz was delivered at this year’s International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University.

Five must-visit castles in England for this summer (and beyond) It’s not very long now till my new book, Castles: A Fortified History of the World, comes out. (For those who pre-order - UK edition here and US edition here.)

A surreal style of painting endured for 4,000 years in the canyonlands of West Texas

Byzantine iconoclasm sparked riots, persecutions, and political turmoil as emperors, monks, and ordinary believers fought over the role of sacred images in the medieval Roman Empire.

Charles the Bold was building his Duchy of Burgundy into a European power when he faced the Old Swiss Confederacy. In this episode of Bow & Blade, Michael and Kelly talk about the Battle of Grandson, a key event of the Burgundian Wars.

Did medieval people drink water? Explore the myth that people in the Middle Ages avoided water, and discover what medieval texts, city records, and religious writings reveal about drinking habits.

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Discover how ambassadors were chosen, tested, and trained in the medieval Islamic world through the writings of Ibn al-Farrāʾ, whose rare treatise reveals the art of diplomacy shaped by Iranian and Byzantine traditions.

On the shores of a lake in Guatemala, the Itzá people defied the Spanish for nearly 200 years

A 12,000-year-old figurine tells one of the earliest known narratives. What does it mean?

Saving an ancestral Haida village after a devastating storm