Throughout the medieval period, there were over 1,000 ... The monasteries also preserved ancient ideas about medicine.

What you probably won’t do, is look to the remedies used in the days of medieval medicine. Take a trip back five centuries with BBC Bitesize as we look at the methods physicians employed then ...

Many mainstream economic historians do believe the average number of working days for peasant laborers in England hovered around, and even sometimes below, 150 days per year for certain stretches ...

The final two chapters focus on recent changes in Irish food culture over the last six decades. Firstly, the growing ...

We’ve picked some of our favorite medieval games available to play now, from the realistic to the preposterous. This list isn’t necessarily ranked in any particular order. All of them are ...

Other notable items include a number of "unusual and rare" medieval glass vessels, one of which was used for urology—a field of medicine designed to treat diseases of the urinary tract.

The deadly medieval disease can cause patients to cough ... but advances in modern medicine, namely the advent of antibiotics ...

science of language and medicine. The appropriated texts – in the original or in Hebrew translation – were the starting points for Jews' own contributions to medieval science and also informed other ...

A UMKC researcher is embarking on a project to preserve the ancient medieval texts of nuns for future preservation. She tells ...

The artifact likely belonged to the Picts, who occupied a large settlement in what is now the town of Burghead Sonja Anderson On September 11, 1297, the warrior vanquished the superior armies of ...

What are the best medieval games? Rare is a videogame that doesn’t feature at least one sword, suit of armor, or roast chicken. Still, they’re usually mixed in with bearded hermits slinging ...

Many mainstream economic historians do believe the average number of working days for peasant laborers in England hovered around, and even sometimes below, 150 days per year for certain stretches ...