Meat-heavy banquets have long been thought to be a common feature of early medieval life for England’s kings and nobles, who feasted on legs of animal flesh and knocked back goblets of ale in ...

But with the accumulation of wealth comes a threat: itty bitty bandits will start raiding your most successful cities and ...

Travellers have always faced health hazards when far from home. Medieval people were no exception. Pilgrims, crusaders and others were warned by preachers such as 13th century Jacques de Vitry of ...