“Residents frustrated at ‘medieval’ cellphone coverage in the Far North,” ran the headline on a New Zealand news website. Communities on the shores of the Pacific Ocean were fed up with constant poor ...

Joaquin Ayala's new instrument will tell you most of what you need to know about Winter Harp, the Vancouver-based ensemble led by harpist Lori Pappa?john. Ayala, the group's keyboardist and player of ...

The reason so many knights did battle with snails in the margins of medieval manuscripts remains a mystery (Credit: The British Library) The pages of medieval books are stalked by a ferocious monster: ...

An Arab city of the early medieval period. Urban centers in the Middle East were of a size and wealth all but unknown in the Christian west during this period, encouraging the development of a large ...

To today’s audiences, medieval art can look outright bizarre. Before the stylistic shifts that defined the Renaissance, medieval illustrations often featured flat, unrealistic figures and fantastical ...

One of the liveliest off-Broadway hits in Manhattan last week was a 12th century music-drama with a 20th century box office sparkle. The drama: The Play of Daniel, which used to be performed annually ...

From fortresses to ornate palaces, these structures are worth traveling for. This gorgeous medieval castle endured wars with little damage—in fact, it's looked pretty much the same since the late ...

An introduction to Medieval documents relating to dental problems is given. Medieval herbal remedies for dental problems are outlined. The earliest evidence for filling material is provided. The ...

Medieval scholar Eric Jager, whose new book is Blood Royal, about a true story of murder in 15th-century Paris, picks five books about medieval crime that you probably missed but shouldn’t. The Murder ...