Studying ancient skeletons can help create specific health measures for different populations in the past, according to a recent study conducted by researchers at James Madison University (JMU) and ...
An academic has uncovered medieval London's violent hotspots by cataloguing 14th Century killings. A bow and arrow-wielding servant and a vengeful backgammon player were among the City of London's ...
The Economic History Review, Vol. 71, Issue. 4, p. 1360. The friaries of medieval London formed an important part of the city's physical and spiritual landscape between the thirteenth and sixteenth ...
Whether you're a fan of period dramas or fantasy films, this charming English village has likely featured in one of your ...
"In medieval times there were several standards (columns or towers) dotted around the City of London. Where and when were these built, and for what purpose?" These standards are to do with the ...
In medieval times, the cemetery would have been located outside the walled City of London but was close to the royal palace complex at Westminster. The academics believe their work shows the ...
In the two hundred years from 1475 London was transformed from a medieval commune into a metropolis of half a million people, a capital city, and a leading European trading center. Lawrence Manley ...
The medieval English writer Richard Devizes describes London as being populated by ‘Garamantes’ (Moorish Africans), and ‘men from all nations’ that ‘fill all the houses.’ These ...
in medieval monastic communities, and in Industrial-era London. Her research has primarily focused on uncovering variation in health and demography before and after the medieval Black Death and risks ...