Isotope analysis reveals that social status and wealth had a profound impact on diet in medieval England, showing that people ...

What was once a small window on the side of the church is now cemented shut. In front of it, a sign reads: “Site of the cell ...

Likely related to clashes between the kingdoms of Mercia and East Anglia, the site included the remains of a 6-foot-5 man who had undergone brain surgery ...

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After the Norman Conquest of 1066, England was absorbed into a powerful ruling class that was culturally, politically, and linguistically French. Over the next century, this evolved into the Angevin ...

The Gosfield seal is made of a medieval silver seal bezel surrounding an ancient Roman gemstone.

*Originally published on December 7, 2021. Sexual assault victims in Medieval England faced similar challenges as they would today, says a researcher who studied 28 rape trials from 800 years ago. "We ...

Oxford was the murder capital of late-medieval England, with the city’s male university population being the main catalyst for violence, according to new research. The homicide rate in the city was ...