Due to history's patriarchal perpsective, we may not expect feminist viewpoints from a time so long ago as the Middle Ages.Yet women who challenged the status quo have always existed, even then ...

Those pious denizens of the Middle Ages: They "would believe what they were told against the evidence of their own eyes," as the BBC put it, and were deferential at all times to authority.The ...

The Getty's "Fantasy of the Middle Ages" exhibition plumbs the intersection of medieval times and pop culture, from "Harry Potter" to decades of Disney films.

While they weren’t always depicted as shirtless teen heartthrobs, creatures who turn from human into wolf (and vice versa) appear in tales dating back to antiquity. So throughout the Middle Ages ...

An exhibition at the Louvre traverses centuries as it follows the evolution of the fool, who has long served as a reflection of our own self-image.

A Barcelona museum mounts an illuminating exhibition examining how medieval Spanish art helped fuel prejudice against Jews prior to their expulsion in 1492.