The current library hall was completed in 1767, designed by architect Peter Thumb in an ornate Rococo style. Inside, walnut ...

Feudalism dominated medieval Europe for centuries - but by the end of the Middle Ages, it had begun to unravel. In this episode, Kings and Generals explores the multifaceted collapse of feudal society ...

Usually, when people hear the term “illuminated manuscript,” they think of enormous, leather-bound books, produced painstakingly by the hands of medieval European monks, and filled to the brim with ...

The idea that medieval people routinely emptied chamber pots straight into the street as their primary method of waste ...

For illustrators in medieval Europe, depicting animals like elephants that they’d never set eyes on was a key part of their task to shape the morality of humankind. What mattered most was what such ...

The Worcester Art Museum’s reopening of its armor galleries goes far beyond the romance with medieval Europe. A display case focuses on the animal armor worn by horses from across the globe. There are ...