As Archaeology News reported, the sword’s design is similar to “hand-and-a-half” weapons that were popular in Western Europe during the Late Middle Ages, and were crafted to stab through armor.

"They were considered demonic creatures and increasingly seen as a reflection and caricature of sinful, lascivious humans during the late Middle Ages." Officials concluded their announcement by ...

Researchers think the weapon, which had been deliberately broken and burned, was once part of a funerary ritual for a local warrior ...

The first known reference to Saint Godehard and the church appears in historical records dating back to 1340 during the Late Middle Ages. During the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century ...

I’m currently taking a seminar investigating depictions of Jesus in late medieval literature and art. Though the middle ages may seem far removed — or maybe even irrelevant — from our ...