Life in the Middle Ages, between the fifth and the fifteenth centuries, was hard. Long before the discovery of penicillin, the people accepted that death was going to be with them sooner rather than ...

You might think that the only people in medieval and early modern England were Normans, Anglo- Saxons and Vikings. You might believe no space existed for Africans in that society. But we now know ...

but red squirrels may have spread leprosy to people in medieval England, according to a new study. Researchers have ...

At a time when there was no healthcare provided by the government, monasteries had an infirmary, where they would look after and pray for people who ... institution in England, but some of its ...

Herstmonceux Castle, near Hastings in the south of England, is the setting ... This is then followed by a huge medieval battle, when more than 500 people from re-enactment groups around Europe ...