Childbirth isn't for the faint-hearted at the best of times, let alone in the medieval period. What was a birthing room like at this time in history? Who would have been in there helping bring a new ...

Being a midwife in the Middle Ages was no easy task – it was messy, risky, and often life-or-death. In this video, we explore ...

The 14th-century Shem Tov Bible is now being exhibited at the National Library of Israel, a year after a family bought it for ...

Mary Morse specializes in medieval women’s devotional and childbirth practices. She is Professor Emerita of English and past director of the Gender and Sexuality Studies program at Rider University.

The Shem Tov Bible, a stunning 14th-century manuscript created by the renowned kabbalist Rabbi Shem Tov ben Abraham Ibn Gaon, ...

A powerful prophecy was made in the Laxdaela Saga, a tragic 13th-century Icelandic tale filled with gory twists and turns. It ...

There is no such thing as a bad friend. The societal expectations and collective imagination of what friendship should look ...

“Right now, especially with the way the world is, representing Canada is really important to us and we’re going to be out there in our medieval tabards and we’re going to have a big maple ...

The case is thought to be one of the only examples of a judicial execution of a woman in medieval England in the archaeological record. “This isn’t the story of one blow, and it’s not ...