Babylon: The Mother of All Cities
A richly designed book cover for "The Hollow Crown" by Dan Jones, featuring an ornate gold crown and Tudor rose on a deep burgundy background with intricate floral borders.
The book cover for "The Plantagenets: The Kings Who Made England" by Dan Jones features a bold red and blue design with a golden lion and fleur-de-lis pattern. A decorative border on the right showcases medieval-style illustrations.
Few texts are as important to our understanding of early medieval England as the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. This book investigates how the Chronicle came into being and how generations of scribes and scholars sustained the project for over 200 years.
A lost medieval angel has returned to Strasbourg Cathedral after centuries. Rediscovered through a seventeenth-century engraving and museum research, the sculpture once again completes the Adoration of the Magi scene on the Saint-Laurent Portal.
How did medieval cities keep thousands of people working to the same schedule before watches and smartphones? Ali Mujtuba Zaidi explains how bell towers became medieval Europe’s first communication network.
For decades, a cache of 43 helmets found off the coast of Spain was thought to be Roman. New research reveals they were part of a late medieval arms shipment dating to the 14th and 15th centuries.
Archaeologists working beneath the tomb of Otto the Great in Magdeburg Cathedral have uncovered medieval passageways, painted plaster fragments and evidence that the emperor’s sarcophagus was relocated several times.
Discover 13 magic tricks from the Middle Ages, from invisible ink and disappearing coins to floating eggs and burning mirrors, based on a medieval text.
Is a Native American origin story embedded in Ohio’s colossal earthwork?
What was meant to be a night of celebration at the French royal court ended in flames, death, and scandal. The infamous Bal…
How did Europeans view the crusades during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries? According to this book, the answer is literally painted on the walls. It examines five sets of murals from the period, revealing how medieval people chose to depict, remember, and interpret the crusades.