Yet it was frequently discussed in a language that is more resonant of the Middle Ages than the scientific laboratory.

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ -The Middle Ages spanned 1,000 years, from about 500 to 1500. The first half was a time of relative poverty and economic stagnation. Then around the year 1000, Europe rebounded.

What the Middle Ages can teach us about humanity and faith Historian Mark Gregory Pegg’s book ‘Beatrice’s Last Smile’ offers a new look at the historical period through its people and ...

Death in the Middle Ages wasn’t always noble or heroic – sometimes it was downright bizarre. In this video, we uncover 8 strange and unexpected ways people met their end, from fatal pig ...

Dec. 13—Música Antigua de Albuquerque sets itself apart from other holiday performances with its repertoire of Christmas music from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance using period instruments ...

Growing old in the Middle Ages came with challenges we can barely imagine today. In this video, we explore what aging looked like in a world without modern medicine, where physical decline could ...

Banking, trading, and capitalism found their roots in medieval Europe. As a new exhibition shows, people were just as divided over them as we are now.

A recent discovery of human bones in Lund, Sweden, has challenged previously held scientific beliefs about the treatment of disabled people in the Middle Ages.

Visualizing the Virgin Mary — an exhibition of illuminated manuscripts at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles — shows how she was portrayed by artists in the Middle Ages, before ...

In “Lower Than the Angels,” the historian Diarmaid MacCulloch traces two millenniums of libidinal frustration.

In this hour, we enter the Middle Ages, the era of soaring cathedrals, imposing castles, splendid stained glass, and even a unicorn or two. This is the Art of Europe. Thanks for joining us.