Think this winter is harsh? Try braving it the way they did in the Middle Ages.Back in 2013, a historical reenactment group recreated a 10th-century Russian farmstead for an experiment to determine ...

The best location for a monastery was one that was close to water and wood. Many monastic chroniclers mention this. Orderic Vitalis, born in England near Shrewsbury in 1075 and sent to the Norman ...

Matt Lewis and Eleanor Janega make a hands-on journey into the depths of medieval winter - was it a time of feast or famine; a season of cold, dark and hunger or the time of year when medieval folk ...

With our central heating, multipacks of woollen socks and microwavable hot water bottles, we should be prepared to survive anything winter throws at us. Yet, looking back in history, there’s another ...