Situated in the heart of the Maine-et-Loire region, the Château de Doué-la-Fontaine is home to Europe's oldest stone keep ...

Want to feel what life was like in the Middle Ages? Head to these medieval hotels in Europe, from lux castles to fantasy stays.

Castles conjure up images of a romantic medieval past, the stuff of legends and fairy tales. But what exactly makes a castle, well, a castle? Usually built for royalty or nobility, castles are ...

Throughout the early Middle Ages, with its imposing walls ... And the elites of the High Middle Ages built Europe's magnificent castles and fortresses not for their salvation, but for both ...

Monastery architecture was pretty basic in the early Middle Ages. Around the 10th century, though, French architects developed a new style that demonstrated the Church’s increasing influence and ...

Kreiner is a professor of history at the University of Georgia specializing in the early Middle Ages, and the author of The Wandering Mind: What Medieval Monks Tell Us About Distraction It’s ...

Throughout the early Middle Ages, with its imposing walls ... And the elites of the High Middle Ages built Europe's magnificent castles and fortresses, not for their salvation, but for both ...