WINDHAM — Windham Middle School students were enlightened about the dark ages at the annual Medieval Day celebration. “It's sort of a tradition,” said social studies teacher Patsy Beaver. “It's always ...

American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 28, No. 5 (Mar., 1923), pp. 586-605 (20 pages) Medieval civilization was a product of the fusion of institutions derived from Rome, from Christianity, and from the ...

J. R. R. Tolkien, the author of The Lord of the Rings and several other Middle-earth stories, was a professor at the University of Oxford. For most of his life, writing fiction was a hobby that he did ...

It's not too much to say that the movement of peoples across borders has been a pressing political concern recently, both in the United States, Europe, and elsewhere. That conversation is so prevalent ...

Detail from a 10th century religious book is seen displayed at the library at Salisbury Cathedral in England. (Matt Cardy/Getty Images) Most Americans get their ideas about the Middle Ages from ...

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 world, ...