Why did the Vikings remain in Iceland despite volcanic eruptions, deforestation and environmental hardship? A new study ...

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

A new study reveals how medieval Florence regulated cathedral workers, enforced workplace discipline and compensated those injured on the job.

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

Explore 20 Old English girls’ names from Anglo-Saxon England, their meanings, historical origins and the medieval women who bore them.

The development of demonology in the medieval West was neither sudden nor uniform. It emerged gradually through theological debate, canon law, pastoral practice and judicial procedure. From the early ...

Chinese archaeologists have discovered the first Sui Dynasty Great Wall remains in Beijing, alongside ancient wooden boats and other finds.

We've created a Patreon for Medievalists.net as we want to transition to a more community-funded model. We aim to be the leading content provider about all things medieval. Our website, podcast and ...

Medieval tournaments were more than contests of strength and skill. From elaborate spectacles to unexpected confrontations, Steven Muhlberger reveals just how unpredictable jousting and tournaments ...

Archaeologists have discovered a long-lost early medieval church near Venice, revealing new evidence about the origins of the city and its Christian history.

In Byzantine heraldry and vexillology, the double-headed eagle (or double-eagle) is a charge associated with the concept of Empire – the heads represent the dual sovereignty of the emperor both in ...

In the summer of 751 two imperial armies clashed in Central Asia near the town of Talas, somewhere along the border of the modern nation states of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. Neither of the belligerent ...