Names have changed over the centuries, including when it comes to dogs. If you’re looking for something truly unique to name your next fur child, why not take inspiration from medieval times?

From knights and nobles to blacksmiths and merchants, most medieval last names reflected a person’s trade, homeland, or unique traits. Whether tracing ancestry or seeking the perfect name for a ...

In the study, "How Many Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts ... female indicators such as self-referential terms or female names. Researchers only counted colophons where the scribe's gender ...

This view is of Roman Londinium, but it captures the essence of prehistoric south London (left), which remained a ...

“While remarkable examples of Medieval manuscripts penned by women ... In instances where male-only licensed notaries recorded their names toward the end of the manuscript, women scribes may ...

When the new town was designed, it was uniquely done with a grid-like pattern which is where it got its nickname, a 'Medieval Manhattan'. The roads and streets were created to form an obvious grid ...

The medieval astronomical instrument comes from the 11th-century Al-Andalus region, which is now modern-day Spain. The ...

For years, social media users have claimed that the terms "uppercase" and "lowercase" got their names becase capital letters were stored in the upper case of traditional printing presses while ...

The abatises were found in front of the medieval gatehouse of Sheffield Castle ... place for the trades and later earning Sheffield its nickname as “Steel City” in the Industrial Revolution ...

Indian history is replete with heroes and heroines who deserve commemoration much more than the worst emperor of the Mughal dynasty ...