Historians typically pick 475 AD, the formal end of the Western Roman Empire, as the start date for the "Middle Ages," while acknowledging that it is an arbitrary pick, since the disintegration of ...

There's an old online joke that posits that when men, mainly straight men, reach middle-age they become fixated on one of two things: roasting meats, or World War II. It's just a thing for some ...

During the Middle Ages in Britain, the monasteries were the places with the space and the knowledge to garden. Many monasteries were built on the ruins of Roman villas. A well and a fishpond to ...

The Eastern Roman Empire had seven simultaneous emperors during the Middle Ages, between the years 1203 and 1204 AD. This was a record that the Byzantines set, living up to the most convoluted ...

The Middle Ages ended when the rise of capitalism on a national scale led to powerful states with sovereignty over particular territories and populations. Now that capitalism is operating globally, ...

The Roman Empire was felled as much by viruses as barbarians. The Black Death of the 1340s killed more than 40% of Europe’s population (which puts our little problem into perspective).