A medieval sword with rare gold-copper symbols, which was discovered by construction workers in a Dutch river, is now on display at the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden.

During the early medieval era imprisonment was not really a thing. It was more common to either fine, mutilate or execute criminals. But in turbulent times of war, it was often necessary to hold ...

The University of Cambridge project reveals sky-high homicide rates in medieval London, York and Oxford and shows that male college students were among the most frequent killers.

During the Medieval period, the facility was “one of the largest” of its kind in Northern England. It encompassed the area now occupied by York’s Museum Gardens and the Theatre Royal, which ...

Medieval hospital ruins were recently found beneath a street in York, England, during sinkhole repairs, uncovering part of the historic St. Leonard's Hospital complex.

Archeologists just discovered remains from a medieval village while renovating a major highway in England. Finds at the site include spearheads, decorative buckles, a bone flute, pottery, metal ...

The medieval sword was given to a specialty conservation workshop for further preservation and analysis, Science in Poland said in a July 4 news release. Its origin and exact age remains a mystery.

NEED TO KNOW A reenactment at Bodiam Castle in England went wrong on Sunday, June 29 In an incident police are calling an "accident," a 37-year-old man dressed as a knight was engaged in a mock ...

Researchers cite new evidence of how a medieval British noblewoman may have plotted to exact revenge and help kill her former lover, a priest, nearly 700 years ago.

Brown has been a specialist in medieval history for almost 30 years, while Drey-Brown is an art historian, so it’s no surprise that they were drawn to the home.