The period is good and bad, transparent and opaque, only hazily understood—but ultimately the opposite of what we want our ...

There are numerous examples in texts of Irish people showing a sense of belonging to a community defined in relation to Europe ...

The modern history of Western Europe is defined by opposition. Europe is presented as a beacon of civilisation facing down the barbarous masses that populated the rest of the world, and one of the ...

This is a Short History Of The European Middle Ages, Part 2 of 2. A Noiser podcast production. Hosted by John Hopkins. With thanks to Martyn Whittock, author of many books on the medieval period, ...

From lost silver coins to fossilised faeces, medieval cesspits have become some of the richest archives of everyday life in ...

Robert Berkhofer is Professor of medieval history at Western Michigan University. He is also currently Director of the Medieval Institute. My research explores transformations in writing and power, ...

There has never been a singular Christian perspective on how religion, power and politics ought to relate to each other – not ...

Let's cut right to the chase: yeah, that headline is a bold claim. Visiting 100+ medieval European towns takes years of obsessive travel, and a borderline-nerdy passion for Gothic history that'd make ...

Archaeologists recently unearthed the skeleton of a woman they say was probably a skilled artist who helped produce the richly illustrated religious texts of medieval Europe. The woman lived sometime ...

The Saint Louis University Department of History offers more than half a dozen graduate concentrations. Students pursuing a Master of Arts in History can focus their studies in early modern, medieval ...