Learn how volcanic eruptions in 1345 started a chain of events that allowed the plague to enter Europe and start the Black Death.

Unpredictable weather in late medieval Europe disrupted agricultural stability, forcing cities to rely on maritime grain ...

A surprising study has uncovered a link between a massive volcanic eruption in 1345 and the onset of the Black Death, Europe's deadliest pandemic. The discovery reveals how a catastrophic chain of ...

Who was the very worst of all the Medieval monarchs? No spoilers but we've got monarchs driven psychopathic by love, terrible sadists, and egos that straddled a continent. They were the worst of the ...

If Mariah Carey blasting on repeat in every store and decked-out town squares weren't clue enough, the holiday season has already kicked off in Europe, and the whole continent's gearing up for the ...

It turns out the Dark Ages weren't all that dark. According to new research, medieval medicine was way more sophisticated than previously thought, and some of its remedies are trending today on TikTok ...

My students tend to imagine the Middle Ages as something like the “Kingdom Come” or “Total War” video games: an age of utter political chaos, when swords and daggers ruled, and masculinity and ...

Yearning princesses locked away in castles, heroic knights, hawkish Vikings — fragments of medieval European stories have permeated nearly every aspect of contemporary culture, from Taylor Swift songs ...

In Death and the Miser, a Dutch painting from around 1490, a hideous skeletal figure—a medieval version of the grim reaper—comes knocking at a man’s bedroom door. As death watches, the dying miser ...

Archaeology reveals that a millennium ago, North America was home to thriving urban centres as large and sophisticated as ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. In Grand Ages: Medieval, European cities are where they should be, and borders align according to the history books. From there, things can go in your ...