In the north of Spain, archaeologists have uncovered the chilling remains of a medieval society that lived hidden underground for centuries. The discovery of skeletons marked by disease, inbreeding, ...

In the 8th century, a revolution reshaped the Islamic world. The Abbasids overthrew the ruling Umayyad dynasty and seized ...

Students in Joe Glynias' first-year seminar this semester are learning about the long history of ascetic practices in the medieval Middle ...

Long before modern campuses, student unions and global rankings, there were centres of learning where scholars gathered to debate philosophy, law, astronomy and theology. What makes the following ...

I feel lost, as if I have misplaced myself somewhere between silence and clamor. The world withdrew the moment the internet was cut off, not merely into disconnection but into a condition of being ...

Brown archaeologists have uncovered new evidence of a medieval Islamic settlement documented on the island of Menorca, Spain — a finding that has the potential to reshape how the island’s history and ...

History is often taught as if progress follows a single European path—moving from classical antiquity through the Renaissance and into modern science—while Africa appears late, peripheral, or absent.

A recent discovery is demonstrating the influence of Islamic medicine on European physicians. A fragment from a book dating from the 1400s has revealed the influence of a Muslim Persian polymath on ...

A rare medieval box that once contained the heart of an abbot who died in 1291 has gone on display. The Heart Case of Roger de Norton was discovered during work at St Albans Cathedral in 1872. The ...