When we think of eating in the medieval era, we often envision wooden banquet tables, goblets, elaborate salt cellars, and giant turkey legs. Banquet tables were even more adorned on Christmas, at ...

This isn’t your average monk story. At Malmesbury Abbey, one man of the cloth gained a dark reputation—as a violent, vengeful figure who may have been responsible for multiple deaths. In this video, ...

A medieval woman who was buried alongside 23 warrior monks in Spain was likely a warrior herself, a new study finds. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.