A number of years ago, Stanley Jaki, a Roman Catholic historian of science, published an article in Modern Age defending the technological acumen of medievals. He cited three medieval inventions that ...

The Middle Ages get a bad reputation. Branded the “Dark Ages” by Renaissance thinkers who wanted to distinguish themselves from their predecessors, this roughly thousand-year stretch — from the fall ...

Medieval authors have had their work brought back to life with 21st century technology in an unexpected collaboration at the University of St Andrews. An archive of the works of medieval English ...