History’s most famous embroidery has sparked endless fascination and controversy over the circa 950 years since its creation.

As familiar notions suggest, medieval medicine was influenced by herbs and humours. But these factors were part of a broader ...

Feared as savage invaders, the Huns posed a serious threat to Rome – but their goal wasn’t conquest, or Roman annihilation ...

The Great Heathen Army wasn’t a single unified force, but rather a shifting coalition of warbands whose multi-layered ...

One method you likely haven’t tried is putting a cold apple on your head. But, centuries ago, the Tudors and other people of ...

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In theory, putting down the rebels of the First Jewish Revolt should have been easy for the mighty Roman empire. But strategic mistakes and complacency meant that the reality was very different ...

Edmund Ironside was an ill-fated king during a violent and turbulent time in the history of the Anglo-Saxons. But is the vivid story of his death just a myth? And if so, what does it have to do with ...

But space travel is also a human endeavour. In the heavens as on Earth, that means it throws up stories that can be bizarre, funny or melancholy. As Nasa prepares to send astronauts back to the ...

Harald made his first mark in history as a 15-year-old warrior, when he fought alongside his elder half-brother King Olaf II (later Saint Olaf) against Danes loyal to Cnut the Great in the battle of ...

It is impossible today to imagine a world without what are known as Hindu-Arabic numerals. These nine symbols or digits (1 to 9) and zero (0) – crucially, together with the system of arranging them in ...