Based on DNA evidence and numerous cut marks on the bones, scientists think that multiple assailants attacked Béla, Duke of ...

A new study reveals that modern ideas about the Black Death’s rapid spread across Asia stem from a centuries-old ...

Historians have traced myths about the Black Death’s rapid journey across Asia to one 14th-century poem by Ibn al-Wardi. His ...

Living in a castle may be the Disney dream, but castle life was less like Sleeping Beauty and more like an extreme reality ...

Speaker after speaker opposed the use of painful electric shocks on people when testifying Tuesday before the Massachusetts ...

The revelation centers on a text called a "maqāma" - an Arabic literary genre featuring traveling tricksters - written by the poet and historian Ibn al-Wardi in 1348-49 in Aleppo, according to the new ...

Top Medieval Historian Reviews Famous Movie Scenes Dr Eleanor Janega, who holds a doctorate in medieval history and lectures ...

A medieval Arabic poem written in 1348 helped construct one of the longest-standing misconceptions in plague history, shaping false views of its spread across Asia.

In 1272 CE, a Hungarian duke was murdered in cold blood. Details surrounding the grisly killing of the 13th century Hungarian ...

This episode was edited by Tom Delargy and produced by Freddy Chick. The senior producer was Charlotte Long.