"House of the Dragon," the new "Game of Thrones" spinoff from HBO, depicts a world spun of fantasy. Kim’s scholarship has been published in numerous respected medieval studies publications, and she ...

Students in my medieval history courses often wonder whether historical reality can be gleaned from medieval cinematic fantasy. I tell them that fantasy does not aspire to historical verisimilitude.

In three decades of teaching medieval European history, I’ve noticed my students are especially curious about the intersection of the stories told in class and the depictions of the Middle Ages they ...

COUNTY DURHAM, ENGLAND—According to a statement released by Durham University, a team of researchers led by archaeologist Chris Gerrard of Durham University has investigated the site of Auckland ...

Further excavations hope to determine the structure’s function. Known as a timber hall, the houses were common in the Middle Ages around England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, and other parts of Northern ...

The “lost” manor house of the last Anglo-Saxon King of England has been discovered thanks to a tapestry that preserved its memory. Gould, et al (2025) The Antiquaries Journal The Bayeux Tapestry, an ...

It’s no secret that George R.R. Martin often uses real history to inspire events in Westeros. From William the Conqueror being the template for Aegon Targaryen’s conquest of the Seven Kingdoms to the ...

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