In the 1990s, a number of scholars and historians wrote about the impending "Return of the Middle Ages". Today we know: we truly live in a time marked by the "Return of the medieval".
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Headless horses found in Merovingian graves in Knittlingen
Recent excavations have revealed 140 Merovingan graves at Knittlingen near Stuttgart. Some of the graves were accompanied by decapitated and headless horses.
Brittany in the 6th century – abandoned, wet, cold and covered in forests
New research reveals a marked shift in the landscape of Northwestern France in Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages
History and Identity in Early Medieval Wales
New book presents a collection of crucial texts from ninth- and tenth-century Wales analysed to show their key role in identify formation
Hundred Years’ War – Short Bibliography
A short bibliography of the Hundred Years' War - where to begin
Camera reveals details of the tomb of the Black Prince in Canterbury Cathedral
When the Black Prince, Edward of Woodstock, died in 1376, he left precise specifications for his burial as well as his effigy. New studies of the cast gilded brass sculputure have yielded a new understanding of the sculpture
Mercenaries in the 14th Century
In the Middle Ages, mercenaries were widely recruited. However, what was the military effectiveness of these forces? And the downside?
Medieval and Renaissance Women in the British Library
A major new project relating to Medieval and Renaissance Women will secure the digitisation of a wide collection of manuscripts, letters and other sources in The British Library
Black Grave in Chernaya Mogila in Ukraine
A magnificent Viking burial took place at Chernihiv more than a thousand years ago. Recent studies of the find in the tomb has uncovered an extraordinary new “Viking artefact”
Civic Identity and Civic Participation in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages
New Book focus on citizenship, civic identity and civic participation in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Age
Women in the Piast Dynasty
As elsewhere in Europe, woman belonging to the Piast dynasty in Poland played a siginificant role in the dynastic interchanges inside Europe. New book analyses their role
The Chronicle of Halych-Volhonia
The Chronicle of Halych-Volhonia is a major historical and literary treasure stemming from the 13th century picking up the tale of how Kyivan Rus turned into Russia proper
Strategies of Visual Communication in Medieval Art
How did their images work? This question is raised in a new collection of papers
Rus – Vikings in the East
Spectacular exhibition showcasing the history of Medieval Ukraine, the Kyivan Rus' is currently on show in Århus, Denmark
Putin and his Medieval Worldview
Putin' Orthodox worldwiev calls for him to play the leading role in the reenactment of the medieval Kyivan Rus'.
Climate Changes in Pre-Viking Societies had Profound Consequences
Did climate changes in pre-Viking societies really matter? Did people adapt their agricultural strategies? Or were such changes just registered as temporarily “whacky weather” by the people of the past?