Where the Middle Ages Begin
Discover the overlooked roles of medieval Jews—not just as scholars and victims, but as warriors, storytellers, and lovers. This article explores Jewish participation in battles, chivalric tales, and everyday life across the Middle Ages.
What everyday objects did people use in the Middle Ages? From clothing and household necessities to tools for work and warfare, these 25 medieval items were essential to daily life and shaped how people lived, ate, and survived.
Delve into the pivotal figures of the Middle Ages whose enduring legacies shaped the course of history. From visionary leaders and profound scholars to prolific writers and formidable warriors, these individuals left an indelible mark on medieval society.
Discover the 50 most significant events of the Middle Ages, spanning the years 500 to 1500.
Here are seven vivid facts about colour in the Middle Ages
In medieval times, many unique jobs, such as Ale-wife and Groom of the Stool, were essential but have since vanished. Discover these obsolete occupations and how historical changes led to their disappearance.
Are you wanting to talk more like someone from the Middle Ages? We have a list of 30 great sayings and proverbs that you can use in your conversations.
Have you wondered what a medieval king did on a typical day? Thanks to Christine de Pizan, we have an account of what daily life was like for King Charles V of France.
Some of our most popular phrases have a long history, including some that go back to the Middle Ages.
Want to know what kind of jobs there were in the Middle Ages? A unique source from the 15th century gives us some beautiful images of medieval people at work.
Moving machine-makers. The circulation of knowledge on machine-building in China and Europe between c.1400 and the early 19th century By Karel Davids Paper…
Modern historians of mapping have assumed a wide understanding of what ‘map’ might mean. With regard to medieval texts, the idea is understood to embrace a range of genres that includes, for example, world maps, zonal diagrams, land surveys, itineraries, street plans, and architectural drawings.
Some observations on mid-to-late medieval domestic planning in England By Maija R. Bismanis Transactions of the Third Canadian Conference of Medieval Art Historians…
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“Necessity the Mother of Invention” in early medieval enamel By David Buckton Transactions of the Third Canadian Conference of Medieval Art Historians (University of…
Were the Roman catacombs abandoned in the ninth century AD? By John Osborne Transactions of the Third Canadian Conference of Medieval Art Historians (University…
Figural representation in early Islamic Art By Mahmoud Sadek Transactions of the Third Canadian Conference of Medieval Art Historians (University of Western Ontario, 1985)…
Architectural representation in late medieval manuscript illumination By Sarah McKinnon Transactions of the Third Canadian Conference of Medieval Art Historians (University of Western…
The Traitor’s Tale (Dame Frevisse Series) By Margaret Frazer Berkley Prime Crime ISBN: 0425213706 Dame Frevisse of St. Frideswide’s nunnery is in…
The Three Kings of Cologne By Kate Sedley Severn House ISBN: 0727864815 Alderman John Foster wishes to give his home city of…
Storyteller By G.R. Grove Lulu.com ISBN: 143030524X “Blood and fire, gold and steel and poetry, a river’s voice in the silence of…
Stolen Away By Christopher Dinsdale Napoleon Publishing ISBN: 1894917200 For young adults. Keira, kidnapped from her home in Ireland by the Viking…
The Silver Cup Constance Leeds Viking ISBN: 0670061573 For young adults: It’s the year 1095, and fifteen-year-old Anna longs for a different…
The Religion: A Novel By Tim Willocks Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN: 0-374-24865-6 The Religion is the first book of the Tannhauser Trilogy. …
A Mortal Glamour By Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Juno Books ISBN: 0-8095-5794-0 A dark tale of obsession, possession, and passion set in the tumultuous…
Mistress of the Art of Death: A Novel By Ariana Franklin Putnam ISBN: 0399154140 In medieval Cambridge, four children have been murdered.…
Midnight Eyes Sarah Brophy Zebra Books ISBN: 0821780948 A medieval historical romance set in England during the reign of William…
1212: Year of the Journey By Kathleen McDonnell Second Story Press ISBN: 1-897187-11-4 For young adults: In a world where thousands are dying over…
Ysabel By Guy Gavriel Kay In this exhilarating, moving new work, Guy Gavriel Kay casts brilliant light on the ways in which…
Examines the invention and development of the Windmill in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, including how these machines worked. Further discussion is given on the use of windmills in England during the early fourteenth century.
Crusades: Destruction is the fourth part of the Crusades with Terry Jones series. Terry Jones reports on how Richard the Lionheart set out…
Crusades: Jihad is the third part of Crusades with Terry Jones. He describes how the crusaders lost Jerusalem in 1144 to Zengi, the…
The origins and practices associated with the Christian festival of Easter are often a hotly debated topic. This book examines history of Easter and its connections with pagan religions.
This week on The Medieval Podcast, Danièle speaks with Nathen Amin about Henry Tudor’s Welsh ancestry, how generations of royals and rebels shaped him, and how he managed to claim the English throne despite desperately long odds.
This week on The Medieval Podcast, Danièle speaks with Sarah Loose Guerrero about what to expect at a medieval hospital, how institutions like the Ospedale di Santa Maria della Scala supported citizens from infancy to adulthood, and what hospital support looked like for both urban and rural communities.
A conversation with Adam Morin about categories of taste, the meal structure, and the food and ingredients that east Romans ate. What foods were prized and what looked down upon? How do we know what they ate? What do we know about individual preferences?
This week on The Medieval Podcast, Danièle speaks with Lynn Ramey about the incredible Jean Bodel, his massive influence on other medieval writers, and some of his unforgettable works.
This week on The Medieval Podcast, Danièle speaks with Luke Pepera about medieval Africa, what it would’ve been like to find yourself in one of the most powerful empires of the Middle Ages, and the famous pilgrimage of Mansa Musa.
A conversation with Ahmad Al-Jallad about the languages and inscriptions of pre-Islamic Arabia, our main contemporary source for life, death, and worship before the time of the Prophet Muhammad. We talk about field surveys in search of inscriptions and what they tell us about Allah and other Arabian deities in the early centuries of the first millennium.
