For medieval nobles, inheritance was never guaranteed by blood alone. If a landholding father died before his heir came of age—typically 21 for boys, 14 for girls—the estate was not simply passed down ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. What follows is an interview and discussion I had in Odense, Denmark, with Thomas Pettitt and Lars Ole Sauerberg, two scholars ...

Professor of English and Medieval Literature Dr. Dorsey Armstrong answers your questions about the Middle Ages from Twitter. Why is it called the "Middle" Ages? What activities did people do for fun?

Modern people sometimes regard the list of sins enumerated by medieval philosophers with a certain skepticism. We suppose that we are more tolerant than they were of human variation, and more apt to ...

I am sure you have heard of dinner and a show, but what about dinner and a tournament? That is exactly what you get at Medieval Times, a show that allows you to witness a Middle Ages battle while ...