With a shaved head and dressed in a Hawaiian shirt, Davis is a cross between a mad scientist and a medieval alchemist ... French soldiers in Algeria and Indochina discovered that it warded ...

His next move: Indo-China. First, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs ... plunging the Kremlin into years of medieval intrigue while Nikita Khrushchev emerged as new dictator. On the allies’ side ...

The Red Highway (Black Inc., 288pp; $32.95) begins with a spare, haunting account of the Czech artist Karel Kupka clambering out of a plane and (as the book’s first sentence has it) stepping “for the ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Medieval books were often bound with sealskin, as revealed by biocodicological analysis. Initially believed to be made from local animal skins, chemises were ...

A skull was recently discovered at a medieval church – and an expert believes it may belong to a legendary European king. Emese Gábor, a facial reconstruction specialist and portrait sculptor ...

Construction workers excavating the site of a former fish market in Spain made a breathtaking discovery in the form of a medieval wooden ship. The Barcelona Institute of Culture (ICUB) reported ...

The SA Medieval Fair has been running for more than 30 years. It features jousting, horseback archery and swordplay in a celebration of the Middle Ages. Similar medieval fairs have been increasing ...

Forget Yorick. Alas, poor Matthias! A skull unearthed in a medieval Hungarian church two decades ago may belong to legendary King Matthias Corvinus, who ruled the country for more than 30 years ...

It’s not uncommon for Medieval manuscripts to be bound in animal skins. The hides of deer and goats were used, as were those of boars. But a new analysis of 16 manuscripts held in a French abbey ...

More information: Scott C. Lomax, Understanding late medieval population change in English towns: an alternative approach, Continuity and Change (2025). DOI: 10.1017/S0268416024000213 ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—More than 2,000 medieval scholars from around the world will convene on Western Michigan University’s Main Campus Thursday through Saturday, May 8-10, for the 60th meeting of the ...