The medieval period often gets painted as a thousand years of darkness, filth, and ignorance. Popular culture loves to show us dirty peasants wallowing in mud, superstitious fools who thought the ...

For the first time in the 34-year-history of the Medieval Times “dinner and a tournament” venues, a female monarch has claimed the throne. Jessica Schear-Tolles is one of six performers who will play ...

The Middle Ages, usually dated from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, were a period of striking contrasts. Castles rose across Europe, knights pledged their loyalty to their owners, and entire ...

During the week, the Drillfield is abound with students rushing to classes and chatting on cell phones. Come Sunday afternoon, it is transformed into a medieval battle scene of a box office smash.

Before our current, carbon-fueled global warming trend took off during the 20th century, the most consequential temperature bump in recorded history was the Medieval Warm Period. This week, scientists ...