Medieval Europe’s diverse regional cultures were balanced by a conscious attempt to create a unified view of the world that embraced religious and social ideals, Latin and vernacular literature, and ...

Gain critical thinking skills and a deep historical perspective that you can apply to any field of study. You’ll learn how the medieval period continues to shape language, religion, literature, and ...

Hosted by the Medieval Institute at Western Michigan University, the International Congress on Medieval Studies is an annual gathering of thousands of scholars interested in medieval studies. Books on ...

The International Congress on Medieval Studies, hosted by the Medieval Institute at WMU, is an annual gathering of thousands of scholars interested in medieval studies. The Congress embraces the study ...

A new analysis of remains from medieval Cambridge shows that local Augustinian friars were almost twice as likely as the city’s general population to be infected by intestinal parasites. This is ...

An archaeogenetic study sheds new light on the isolated medieval community Las Gobas in northern Spain. Besides isolation and endogamy, the researchers have also identified the variola virus which can ...

A red squirrel eating a hazlenut Alverstone Mead Nature Reserve in Sandown, England. (Credit: Peter Trimming, CC by 2.0 Generic) (CN) — The history of leprosy has been rewritten, thanks to a study ...

On Tuesday evening, students and faculty met in the Humanities Quadrangle to celebrate the revival of the Medieval Studies Journal Vexillum. The journal was initially started in 2010 to share ...

Susan Boynton looks at this, along with bibliophilia, libraries, and the study of medieval liturgy in her new book.