Hidden deep within castle walls, the oubliette was a prison unlike any other – designed not just to confine, but to erase. In this chilling look at medieval punishment, we uncover the grim ...

Medieval prayer wheel found inside rare Liesborn Gospel - but how the diagram was used remains a mystery. Enigmatic diagram is written on the first blank page of the Liesborn Gospel ...

The tree diagram, in particular, has its roots in the Middle Ages. “In Medieval Europe, 800 years ago, visual communication was critical,” Lima says, drawing from his book, which examines the ...

An oubliette is a dungeon from which there is no escape. They were built into medieval European castles and consisted of an underground pit with a small entrance hole carved into the ceiling. The ...