The etchings found in the centuries-old Gainsborough Old Hall are likelier to be medieval protective symbols than signs of the supernatural, experts say.Credit...English Heritage Supported by By ...

Diane Watt has received funding from the AHRC, British Academy and Leverhulme Trust. The British Library’s breathtaking new exhibition, Medieval Women: In Their Own Words, brings to life the ...

Hema Malini and Dharmendra got married in 1980 and the union of the two movie stars created a lot of controversy. Dharmendra was already married at the time to Prakash Kaur and had four children – ...

A study of a remarkable medieval skeleton found in a well at a castle in Norway has helped to corroborate events detailed in an 800-year-old Norse saga. Michael Martin, one of the authors of the ...

The Sverris saga, a quasi-fictional historical account from the end of the 12th century CE, recaps the reign of the medieval Norwegian king Sverre Sigurdsson. One of the best-known passages ...

A new analysis indicates the human remains found in a well in Norway are from a 1197 raid described in a royal history. A new scientific examination of 800-year-old human remains in Norway ...

“Sure enough, he’s living on a medieval citadel,” Frachetti tells Scientific American. This second site—Tugunbulak—featured similar mounds. “We’re like, ‘Oh my gosh, this place is ...

In traditional histories, medieval women’s roles have often been side-lined and limited to a few stereotypes and generalisations. The exhibition counters this narrative by revealing women’s ...

Esha Deol had once spoken about the time Hema Malini told her that Dharmendra is married to another lady and has a family. Esha had revealed in Malini's biography that she did not find anything ...

A new exhibition at the British Library explores the public, private and spiritual lives of such figures as Joan of Arc, Christine de Pizan and Hildegard of Bingen Medieval women’s lives were ...