The medieval period often gets painted as a thousand years of darkness, filth, and ignorance. Popular culture loves to show ...

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Europe is filled with castles that once belonged to royalty, knights, and nobles, and now, some of them open their grand ...

The late 12th century was a turbulent period for medieval Sweden. Swedish forces were actively attempting to colonize regions of Finland, creating widespread instability and conflict. Lin Annerbäck, ...

Let's discover the Collège des Bernardins - one of the oldest medieval buildings in Paris. Be sure to visit this 13th-century ...

Germany wears its history openly. In its medieval towns, time doesn’t just linger, it breathes. Cobbled lanes twist past ...

Olivia Swarthout has brought medieval art to the masses (460K Twitter followers and counting) but she’s not formally trained in medieval history or art. A self-described “proprietress of weird ...

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The country’s distinct history is revealed in banknotes, coins and other monetary objects, says the Smithsonian’s curator of numismatics Ellen Feingold - Curator, National Numismatic Collection The ...