Don't leave your family laundry lying around Dr. Nicholas Paul, unless your lineage goes back to the middle ages. Paul studies medieval noble families by reading the official histories those families ...

On a recent weekend, my wife and I took our kids to the annual Medieval Festival in a park near our apartment, in upper Manhattan. We couldn’t not go; it’s one of the biggest events of the year in our ...

Every historical period has its "zombie myths" - ideas so ingrained into the popular imagination that they're almost impossible to kill, ones that rear their ugly heads again and again, as if they've ...

One medieval ruling family repeatedly married within its own bloodline to preserve power and territory. Over generations, the genetic consequences became impossible to hide. Physical deformities, ...

Horse show, medieval camp, and artisan market: the Medieval Hop Festival returns to La Houblonnière in Villiers-sous-Grez, ...