How did Gothic art influence the modernists? An exhibition in Norway explores how artists like Dürer and Hans Holbein's ...

When looking at medieval art, it is important to recognize that the objects in a modern exhibition are taken out of their original context. Unlike much of the art produced in the intervening centuries ...

As a result, animals turned up "in any possible context where art would be made", from wall paintings and carved doorways to clothing and coats of arms. It's no secret that medieval animal paintings ...

In the Middle Ages, as today, visual art offered an avenue to explore, affirm, and sometimes challenge social roles and relationships. Medieval people defined themselves and their neighbors through ...

The most comprehensive study of medieval warhorses ever undertaken will be released in the form of a radical new book this ...

A rabbit stands up on its hind legs and decapitates a man, a knight ... Middle Ages. Referred to as marginalia, many of the written doodles are funny and give us a glimpse into the lives of the ...

A knight in "shining armor" wielding a sword or lance is an iconic medieval image, but more advanced weapons also appeared in the Middle Ages — including guns that fired bullets.

Subjects that are now typically separated into different academic disciplines were rarely separated in the Middle Ages ... medieval studies courses at the 200 level or above, including At least one ...

The medieval knights of the Middle Ages were some of the fittest and strongest warriors of their time, which comes as no surprise given that they wielded swords and sprinted in armour weighing ...