Most of the coinage dates to the 12th century and some are embossed with “KANATUS,” the Latin name of King Knut Eriksson.

Nothing calls to mind nonsensical treatments and bizarre religious healing rituals as easily as the notion of Dark Age medicine. The “Saturday Night Live” sketch “Medieval Barber Theodoric of York” ...

Archaeologists have described in detail four rare early medieval spears recovered from Lake Lednica in west-central Poland, a ...

Researchers have unraveled the mysterious origins of silver that was used to make coins during the early medieval period in Europe. For a study published in the journal Antiquity, a team of experts ...

When you hear it said that “Modern steel is disposable by design”, your ears perk up, as you just caught the unmistakable ...

A recent discovery related to a 1,400+ year-old grave site in Germany is offering some new insights about the end of the ancient world and beginning of the Middle Ages. The archeological site itself ...

Kreiner is a professor of history at the University of Georgia specializing in the early Middle Ages, and the author of The Wandering Mind: What Medieval Monks Tell Us About Distraction It’s time for ...

Turns out, the Dark Ages weren’t so dim when it came to wellness. Researchers have unearthed a trove of medical remedies dating back over a thousand years, revealing that early medieval Europeans were ...