A new exhibition at The Met Cloisters makes the case that gender and sexual fluidity were an essential part of Medieval religious art.

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Although plate armor is the armor associated with the knights of Medieval Europe, it was in fact created only during the last phase of the Middle Ages, i.e. the Late Middle Ages. Prior to this period, ...

An M1A2 Abrams tank returns from firing during a combined arms live fire exercise at Fort Stewart, Georgia, February 2025. (Sgt. Bernabe Lopez/Army) As the Army examines its armor formations, it wants ...

At the Met Cloisters in Manhattan, paintings, statuettes and other objects demonstrate that human desire transcends time and cultures. The fictional tale of Phyllis and Aristotle, in which she gets ...

The medieval era is one of the most important eras in all of history, and it’s so famous, for better and for worse, that many shape their stories after what happened within, even if it’s…not exactly ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — It’s a day that originated in Europe during Medieval times and it marks the opening of the judicial year. The religious commemorative, in the form of a Mass, requests guidance ...

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Beneath a city square in the English city of Leicester, archaeologists have discovered a Roman infant burial, remnants of medieval commerce and a 16th-century civic building’s foundations. Experts ...

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. (WLS) -- Anyone who's been to Schaumburg's Medieval Times might recognize Mario Contreras as the King's Master of Horse, but Mario Contreras is not just acting. Growing up in a small ...