What was it really like to live off the land in the Middle Ages? In this video, we uncover the daily struggles of a medieval farmer – from dawn-to-dusk labor and unpredictable weather to taxes, famine ...

The myth of the Middle Ages as a “dark age” does not lie in the fact that things declined markedly after the fall of Rome—they did. It lies in the idea that this situation persisted until ...

"Men living during the early Middle Ages (the ninth to 11th centuries ... regions and were more likely to stick with traditional farming methods that ultimately failed," he said.

Universidad CEU San Pablo provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation ES. “People have the right to live as they wish, we are no longer in the Middle Ages.” This statement, made ...

The European Middle Ages seem to be having a moment. Although it’s true that, essentially since the time they ended, the period has been used to justify the shape of an author’s contemporary ...