*Originally published on December 7, 2021. Sexual assault victims in Medieval England faced similar challenges as they would today, says a researcher who studied 28 rape trials from 800 years ago. "We ...

Oxford was the murder capital of late-medieval England, with the city’s male university population being the main catalyst for violence, according to new research. The homicide rate in the city was ...

For centuries popular stories like Robin Hood and Ivanhoe have portrayed medieval England as a struggle between oppressive Normans and rebellious Saxons. But historical evidence shows that the armies ...

A University of Cambridge research team has mapped murders that took place around the 14 th century to create interactive murder maps of three English cities. Using preserved coroner and inquest ...

The roads built by the Romans in Britain continued to be used for both travel and trade in the Middle Ages for more than a thousand years after the fall of the Roman Empire, according to a recent ...

While many believed that medieval societies were racially homogeneous, research in the field has indicated that they were actually much more diverse. “This work provides really compelling ...

From lost silver coins to fossilised faeces, medieval cesspits have become some of the richest archives of everyday life in ...

Chemical analysis reveals origin of coinage that stimulated trade and helped fuel development of new towns from seventh century Several decades after the Sutton Hoo burial, starting in about AD660, ...

Norwich Castle, a mighty medieval fortress built by William the Conquerer after he invaded England in 1066, reopened to the public last month following a landmark $37 million restoration. The castle’s ...

Museum of London study also claims ‘misogynoir’ – prejudice against women of African descent – increased deaths during 14th-century disease Craig Simpson is Arts Correspondent for The Telegraph ...