Archaeologists in England recently discovered the sixth- and seventh-century graves, which also contained numerous weapons ...

Officially, medieval Europe preached strict monogamy. In reality, powerful men often lived very differently. Kings, nobles, ...

The previously unknown settlement appears to have been abandoned at some point in the 1300s, but researchers don't know why ...

A recent bioarchaeological study shows that human migration in England continued from the end of Roman rule through the ...

Researchers traced the roots of population movements to England during the early medieval period, from the end of Roman rule ...

The warming house at Rievaulx is next to the refectory, and was altered quite substantially over the period from the 12th to ...

England was never as isolated as many history books once suggested. New research shows that people moved into and across England steadily for centuries, arriving from places as distant as the ...

Migration into England was continuous from the Romans through to the Normans and men and women moved from different places and at different rates, a study finds. The researchers found early medieval ...

For many people today, the main Christmas tradition is all about getting together with family, exchanging presents, sharing a huge feast - and slumping in front of the TV. But in the medieval period, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Unlike our European brethren, U.S. residents aren’t exactly falling over medieval castles. The reason makes perfect sense, but for ...

Romans, Vikings, or civil war? The history of the Cerne Giant has been debated for centuries. The Cerne Giant, otherwise know, as the "Rude Man of Cerne," is an 18-story-high chalk drawing on an ...

When the sinking of the White Ship decimated England’s line of succession and threw the kingdom into chaos in 1120, one teenage girl was the only heir to the British throne left standing. Even with ...