Tours, 732 AD—a moment that would shape the fate of medieval Europe. As the Umayyad Caliphate expanded beyond the Pyrenees into Frankish territory, they encountered fierce resistance from Charles ...

Could the Mongols have conquered Europe if not for the death of the great khan? In this documentary, we explore the military ...

Diaries written in the 16th century have helped researchers to chronicle famine, flooding and plagues in medieval Romania, shedding light on life during Europe’s Little Ice Age.

The abbey, founded in 1115 in the Champagne-Ardenne region of France, was home to one of the largest monastic libraries in medieval Europe. Some 1,450 volumes of the abbey’s extensive corpus ...

A time of innovation, philosophy, and legendary works of art: the realities of the medieval period (500 to 1500 C.E.) in Europe may surprise you. Many know the years before the Renaissance and ...

ZDF Studios has signed on to distribute the drama-led feature documentary Knights of the North—The Baltic Crusades, which ...

The European Research Council has awarded a € 13 million ERC Synergy grant to the MEMELAND (Molecular Ecology of Medieval European Landscapes) project that will reveal how medieval farming ...

For example, one of four surviving medieval painted wood ceilings in Europe is in St Michael’s Church in Hildesheim, northern Germany. Many of the features are evidently Islamic in inspiration.

Europe's biggest free Medieval festival returns this weekend to celebrate its 40th anniversary. Each day, around 10,000 people attend the two-day Tewkesbury Medieval Festival, which takes place on ...

Europe's abandoned town that was once a huge fortress but is now in 'total ruin' The medieval settlement included an inner city-citadel on a high rocky plateau, an outer city and unfortified suburbs.

Detail of lovers in bed, Aldobrandino of Siena, Le Régime du corps, northern France. 13th century. British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts/Sloane MS 2435, f. 9v.