While it is widely believed that April Fools' Day may have roots back in ancient Rome or Britain, clear references to the April tradition do not appear until the late Middle Ages, according to Stephen ...

Each year on Christmas, a jester named Roland would enter the royal court of King Henry II of England and perform a dance ...

Chris Wickham is one of the best-known Marxist historians of the Middle Ages. In his book The Donkey and the Boat, he offers ...

How did Gothic art influence the modernists? An exhibition in Norway explores how artists like Dürer and Hans Holbein's ...

Herald of Ages explained why the Medieval Period is known as the Middle Ages because it sits between the Roman Empire and the ...

Previously, skateboarding seemed like a domain exclusively for youth; however, Old Man Bowl Jam shifted the focus to middle-aged skaters, demonstrating the ageless appeal of the sport. The event ...

Imbuing his work with a volatile mix of tenderness, aggression, sophistication, and obscenity, the Roman poet left a record ...

But in The Dark Ages there’s a clear gulf between gameplay styles, so much so it’s akin to a middle school guitar ... Is Doom: The Dark Ages a good late-2000s FPS campaign or a messy one?

The Greeks of Cappadocia, in central-eastern Anatolia, created their own flourishing culture in ancient times that thrived ...

Mighty warhorses, as richly adorned and armoured as their knightly riders, are an immediately recognisable icon of the ...