For over fifteen centuries, European and Middle Eastern writers were entranced by tales of the Blemmyes - a mythical tribe of headless beings whose faces emerged from their chests. First described by ...

Medieval writers transformed tales of an obscure bard into legends of a mighty wizard who put King Arthur on the throne of Camelot. Merlin presents ArthurIn exchange for using his magic to help ...

Those inclined to see our era as a feminist golden age will find a timely corrective in “The Once and Future Sex,” medieval historian Eleanor Janega’s accessible and entertaining study of ...

A medieval manuscript may appear to be of interest to a narrow audience, but don’t be fooled. There’s been a resurgence of interest in de Pizan as a character contemporary feminists can relate to.

But medieval writers often spoke of literature—whether that was theological, practical, or poetic—as a kind of mirror. You look into it, and you see yourself in a different way.

In his debut novel, Bruce Holsinger, a University of Virginia professor of medieval literature, transports us to the England of 1385. There the callow King Richard II is surrounded by political, th… ...

The 'Children of Woolpit' and Flying Monks: This is Science Fiction in Medieval Times. Published Sep 13, 2018 at 5:22 AM EDT. By Carl Kears and James Paz . Newsweek Is A Trust ...

Medieval authors debated that point in light of the Christian creation story. Today physicists generally believe in a Big Bang creation of our universe, ...

One might assume same-gender desire is at odds with historical Christianity, but the medieval past offers potent glimmers of queer community ...

As Atlantic magazine writer Amanda Mull explained in a lengthy 2022 article about online interest in medieval working patterns, the claim that medieval peasants worked 150 days a year entered the ...