The intact remains of eight medieval nobles have been discovered during restoration works at a monastery in northeastern Spain. A team of researchers made the "exceptional discovery" at the Gothic ...

We pride ourselves on having abolished the hereditary privileges once associated with aristocracy. But our citizenship system replicates many of the same evils. A US passport. The privileges ...

As its subtitle suggests, this lucid scholarly work by Hofstra University history professor Doubleday takes the 300-year odyssey of the powerful Lara family as a case study in the changing ...

The before-meal wash was an important ritual for peasants and nobility alike—especially since people often ate with their hands. An important social ritual in the Middle Ages, handwashing was also ...

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You look at the world around you. Dusty roads and a crumbling castle in the distance, close by a bustling city lies in a state of chaos, loud shouts can be heard across the city and children are ...