Long before costumes and candy, Halloween had deep roots in medieval tradition. We explore how people in the Middle Ages marked this eerie time of year – from All Hallows' Eve rituals and ghost ...

Nobles and royalty, on the other hand, wore garments made from finer materials like silk and velvet, richly dyed and often embroidered with intricate patterns. Layers were essential, with tunics ...

That fact – prioritising favourites over the hierarchy of nobles – is a recurring motif in medieval history, and a deadly trap that many of history’s worst monarchs have fallen into. But it wasn’t ...

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