On Friday evening (28 November), in St Catharine’s College Chapel, Cambridge Early Music (CEM) was proud to present Chilean-born Catalina Vicens, celebrated teacher and performer of medieval and ...

Instead of uniting all that was politically, economically and morally best in Europe, it has exposed itself as a self-important talking shop, an updated version of the old Holy Roman Empire, the ...

Marriage in medieval Europe wasn’t always about love—yet affection, loyalty, and even romance could still flourish. This is what life looked like for medieval couples ...

The European Parliament called on Wednesday for the European Union to set minimum ages for children to access social media, to combat a rise in mental health problems among adolescents from excessive ...

Researchers in Israel are hoping to make new discoveries about Jewish history by loading a digital database of manuscripts ...

Ideas about Vikings and Norse mythology come mostly from much later medieval sources, leaving plenty of room for ...

The entire story of the European Middle Ages in one short video - from the barbarian invasions to Charlemagne’s empire; from ...

There is a widely held belief that in Spain, during the European Middle Ages, Islam, Christianity and Judaism co-existed peacefully and fruitfully under a tolerant and enlightened Islamic hegemony.

Air service between Western Europe and the Middle East is set to expand sharply this winter, led by the planned restoration of flights to Israel and network growth by both Gulf and European carriers.

When we think about the life in medieval Europe, we tend to conjure up grim and dismal images of war, poverty, sickness, and the Dark Ages. But was it truly so dark? Is there more to it, or are we ...

The cycle of life and death is an eternal and unchanging truth of human history. Yet, the attitudes around both are influenced and shaped by a number of factors. Today, dying of old age is seen as a ...

No period of history is more misunderstood or under-appreciated than the Middle Ages, the ten centuries from the fall of the Roman Empire in the fifth century to the start of the Renaissance in the ...