While excavating a cemetery full of medieval knights in Spain, archaeologists discovered the remains of a middle-aged man with two stab wounds on his head and a bashed-in knee, suggesting he died in ...

Mary Stuart's father reportedly predicted that the Scottish throne would end with a woman. But no one could have foreseen the ...

Telegraph readers and experts are agreed – it’s better to face brutal reality than to use twee and anodyne phrases ...

Visitors to Lincoln Castle have the chance to see a medieval book highlighting the role the city played in shaping English history. Chronica Majora includes the story of the Battle of Lincoln in 1217, ...

A mysterious form of plague that spread across Eurasia thousands of years before the Black Death has finally revealed a crucial clue. Scientists analyzing ancient DNA discovered the bacterium Yersinia ...

A remarkable discovery in a Swedish bog revealed the well-preserved remains of a medieval man who had been dead for centuries ...

The Washington Post obituary of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei opened with an oddly gentle portrait, “With his bushy white beard and ...

The bubonic plague, which swept across Europe between 1347 and 1353, is estimated to have killed up to one half of the ...

There are numerous examples in texts of Irish people showing a sense of belonging to a community defined in relation to Europe ...

The death of the medieval theocratic dictator of Iran, Ayatollah Khamenei — a diabolical fanatic who pursued nuclear weapons ...

How the devastating meaning of The Meeting on the Turret Stairs is unlocked by a medieval Danish ballad – and why the painting can only be viewed for two hours every week.

The death of medieval theocratic dictator of Iran Ayatollah Khamenei--a diabolical fanatic who pursued nuclear weapons--is a moment of celebration.